
There must be another word to describe silence here in Maine where it is so profound.


Just another Saturday Night So tonight let’s take a bottle of that nice wine someone gave us down to the shore while the sun sets as it will set for a very long time up here and when it has left us to go on to some other friends lets still stay here and hold…
More Erotic Fantasies from an older woman Though I am not married, I believe in marriage. I like the word, “husband”. I know this may make some of you smirk. How can someone like me, an avowed feminist, be supportive of marriage? I think I believe in marriage because I believe in happy endings, holding…
ODE TO A PALM TREE Without the rustle of a palm tree One might lose the journey Provided so willingly and cheaply By the slap of a limb against the window And the after waves of sound Like a skipping stone There is a beach And music and the scent of Frangipani brushing your…
Dr Oz Insults Women All right, I will admit right here that I love Dr. Oz but this week he disappointed me. I returned from a bunch of frustrating meetings and flipped on afternoon TV only to find it was “how to take care of your man day” on Dr. Oz TV. At first, I…
Baking in California California crusts are crimping underground Scraping each other Angry at the moon and its lack of respect, They resist. There is a pastry chef wearing a puffy hat Holding a hammer. And ladies and gentlemen the shaking begins. The pastry chef is laughing, his hat falls askew Plates fall into deep crevasses…
Man at the Bar Yesterday Curved like a blackfish into the counter, Head back, throat open, hips poised. I wanted to steal him, Wear him out, And throw him back in the stream.