I Wonder Now in Bethlehem

I wonder now in Bethlehem
as shepherds still tend sheep,
is the grass upon the hills
coarse beneath their feet

RCP

That he died is not important.
He did that only once.
That he lived is everything.
He did that every day.

ⓒ 2005

The Egg-Tossing Contest

We were the last couple you’d choose
to preserve anything fragile, still
at the company outing that year,
we enter the egg-tossing contest.

Bethlehem, A Longing

I wonder now in Bethlehem

as shepherds still tend sheep,

is the grass upon the hills

coarse beneath their feet

Anniversary Poem for My Husband

The way cannibals live
in each other,
we devour what we lack
until we are part and parcel.

To Widows and Widowers

Nothing helps.
Nothing matters.
Nothing helps that nothing matters.
And nothing matters.

Outside the Subway

I was dropping my coffee cup in a trash can
when this guy said, "Hey,
you got any coffee left in that?"

I said, "How do you take it?"

The Shoes

What do women want?  What do women want?  What do women want?  Shoes

In every hue.  Designer shoes

Hospital Socks

That was the tip-off
You know the ones
with the corrugated soles