My mother was a 35-year-old dancer married to her third husband and she longed for a daughter. I am her only child. Begin, begin, resist, persist Some births are gentle and smooth Not mine. A tremulous embrace of two hearts engaged in a…
I am the tree I am the flea searching for a dog home I am the small yellow/black bird feeding at my bird feeder I am the child separated now at the border crossing I am screaming for my mother I am…
My very slim volume of poetry is available on either claireworks.com or this website. Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 27,1932 died March 23, 2011. Ode for Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor was in my day the most beautiful woman in the world. I…
Words as weapons or instruments of change One of the things that I have noticed as the years pass is how language changes, morphs and creates new words. The adverb seems to have died …how many times have been jarred out of a…
Is there anything I can do? When I was a child I was a very good student and had an affinity for math and science. This was before I really came apart as an adolescent and left behind such pursuits. I remember a…
What power is loose in the world! Too late, too late We have woken her from her long nap She has begun cleaning her earth And will not stop until the shores are empty of life All animals are extinguished Excepting the…
The Big Table When my husband and I were just in the planning stages of building a new house we purchased a large sturdy rectangular oak table that had two leaves to extend it to sit twelve good sized (my family is very…
John Michael Haye born November 8th1943. He died in his sleep April 27th.2001 His death was like a birth As a young mother would about to deliver This his very last day…a profound gush of energy. Later I found the list…