There it was in black and white, the feeling that drove Sarah mad—old tingles that used to come in color when she was a teenager. But the passage into adulthood had clouded the rainbow with storms, her eyes searching with a half-smile for the sunlight behind the clouds. Marriage had been a shelter from theContinue reading Black and White [fiction]
February 14: Day of Love
Today is Valentine’s Day another Rampant Commercialism Day. A big deal. Just turn on your TV or go to your local retail store. Wow! Let me catch my breath before I tell you that I have never celebrated Valentine’s Day the way you see portrayed on TV. Never ever, which has to be a personalityContinue reading February 14: Day of Love
Waiting [fiction]
A quirky short story penned by my friend Lola Gentry-Dey and me, November 1999. Lola and I co-authored a handful of stories on the Internet while we were members of an online writing group. Freshly shaved Robert Allen rose up swinging barbells at those fiercely mad occupants of the Union Gym down at Union Square nextContinue reading Waiting [fiction]
The Sea On Her Honeymoon [poetry]
The sea on her honeymoon was nearly silent around her A faint skitter of fiddler crabs on the sand connected to a familiar murmur of the night-wind breathing on the palm trees behind her Her lover tide blew wet kisses at her teasing her to swim in its sway and strike up merriment But theContinue reading The Sea On Her Honeymoon [poetry]
