24 Poems, “The Dinner Party”   Greek Salad   A popular treat So creativity was a must And the quality of ingredients A personally sampled must   Olives of Kalamata With their smooth meaty fabric Robust and oily Pleasing the meal’s fabric   The teeth…

I entered this world and was met with my purpose   The bond that ties me to you Is the common thread that weaves Across my life’s  loom   Embroidered with passing Tales of lady knights One sister to another   When your heart first…

Without Regrets “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door” Milton Berle Winged it,booked a flight,rented a car,drove an hour and a half in a stateI had never been to before.In the scheme of recent events it was meant to be.Didn’t foresee the grave pandemic that…

I know of the place grasp the times but not the places little of their times Russian Jews my grandparents came to America as part of the diaspora From where, precisely remains unknown to me ‘country of origin’ Russia – imprecise vastness the only clue…

HONOR _______________________________ My mother is earth Her mother before her stone I, I am clay The inheritance of determination And lifetimes of unshed tears Each generation softened To mutable ground That grows wild with flowers Demands no sacrifice but the pangs of becoming I will…

after Victoria Chang Time has shifted around my city of I and its reliability to be always steady and constant is in doubt though I knew this welcomed distortion was a happening that pushed many cities of I into profound grief over the long overdue…

I’ve never been to paradise or heaven—are they similar places—like islands in the Caribbean? Like utopia or nirvana? Those places would be enjoyable I guess, but they may be places like Las Vegas where I have been, unfortunately. Before I pick a place, can I…

If an atmosphere defines a moon, Saturn’s Titan is much like Planet Earth, And although no one will most likely land there without lots of protective gear a trip to the largest of Saturn’s 82 moons might well prove its worth since as starlets might…

She looked lost As if someone snapped their fingers And she was transported to another world Shocked, frozen, and scared She was scared And I could see it in her eyes The way her pupils widened How her blinks slowed And the wrinkle of her…

11/ 11/ When I was sixteen, my math teacher slipped me clues during tests “Ka-hi-li, calme toi”, he’d say, adding an extra syllable to my name That math was an abstraction It was another eight years before I got my driver’s license The first time…