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…
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…
It is a sunny day with undertones of gloom The blue sky is lying but the wind may be telling the truth. I must make a pact with what good is left in the world And never use a plastic straw again.…
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…
Walking along summer turning to autumn roads. Walking the rambling circle. Walking slowly cautiously. Head bent down often seeking for/ seeing /choosing heart shaped rocks. Stones not too heavy to burden my journey. Changing. I have begun to collect smooth unworried…