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I wrote this after attending an event at which a number of people were recognized for the good works they do. One of the honorees is a frien...

Every so often, I come up with something that is a little lighter. This was triggered by a true incident, but the details are fiction. It le...

When I started working on this poem, I intended to write about several elements of autumn. As often happens, the piece took its own directi...

There are geese near the building in which I work. I get to see some interesting behavior and sometimes wait for them to cross the street. T...

This poem came from playing with a word. I thought of several definitions of the word turnover and how different they are. I tried putting t...

This deals with the idea that grief can ambush us at anytime. It doesn't matter if the loss is recent or happened many years ago. When y...

I have a friend who is a great advocate for girls and women in sport. I have heard her speak to women about seeing themselves as athletes ev...