A Penguin Looks At Fifty*

by | Jul 17, 1999 | Poetry

A Penguin Looks At Fifty I’ve heard it all my life “I can’t believe that happened Twenty years ago” Or thirty Or now, for heavens sake, Forty years ago “It seems like just yesterday.” Fifty years old. I say the words and know they...

7th Floor

by | Mar 9, 1989 | Poetry

7TH FLOOR Cancer ward Would never be used By anyone on this floor Archaic term for death In horrifying forms The 7th floor Looks like all the others Tastefully decorated in tranquil shades Of subdued colors And medicinal smells It looks like all the others But is not...