25:05 Magazine: “I Thought (or, Detritus on the Heap of Mankind)” (pp. 34-35)
Vistas & Byways: "Retrograde"
Dissent Voice: "The Academy"
Amethyst Review: "Splits"
Second Coming (Indolent Books): “My Morning"
Whims of the Wilderness: “In the Margins of My Day”
Rue Scribe (Underwood Press): “Don’t Write About Love”
Second Coming (Indolent Books): “Ánymore”
Dissent Voice: “September Eleventh”
Dissent Voice: “Gloria”
Dissent Voice: “The Kinds of Grief”
Second Coming (Indolent Books): “Best Practices”
Dissent Voice: “How Many Corpses Make a Pattern?”
Dissent Voice: “Glad Tidings”
Second Coming (Indolent Books): “Considering Estrogen Therapy”
Second Coming (Indolent Books): “In the First Place”
Dissent Voice: “Ogrety”
Dissent Voice: “'Stupid’ vs. ‘Criminal’”
Dissent Voice: “Habenula”
Dissent Voice: “Who Merits the Shame”
Vistas & Byways: “I Suspect” and “Reporting”
Writers Resist: “How Could We Senior Women Not?”
Dissent Voice: “The Checkout Line (or, Dear Leader”)
Bloomin’ Onion: “Used Envelopes” and “Without Giving Any Reason Whatever”
Dissent Voice: “Fugitive Woman Act of 2026”
The Prairie Review: “Hidden Flowers,” “Conspiracies,” “Amazement,” “The Jury,” and “Practiced”
Dissent Voice: “A Non-Viral Post”
Rue Scribe (Underwood Press): “Labels and Piety”
New Verse News: “Lament for the Times”
Dissent Voice: “The Corner Vegetable Store in Wartime Palestine”
The Prairie Review: “With,” “Downsizing,” “Foibles,” “By Then”
Little Old Lady: “Why Not?”
The Prairie Review: "More Love," "The Basic Truth," and "Life's Proper Place"
The Prairie Review: "Let Them," "Hidden Flowers," "Musical Differences," and "Platinum's Delight"
Amethyst Review: "In the Presence"
Oddball Magazine: "The Piano Student’s Awakening”
Querencia (print): “No Meaning” (summer 2025)
Vistas & Byways: “This Alone Will Make One Tired”
Shot Glass Journal (Muse Pie Press): “Excuses”
Whims of the Wilderness: “To the East Coast, Then Home to the West”

Forthcoming:

Querencia (print): “The Kind of Friend” (forthcoming winter 2026)
Second Coming (Indolent Books): "Why I Believe Women Even When They Haven’t Said a Word” (forthcoming November 2026)
Second Coming (Indolent Books): "World Needs Now” (forthcoming December 2026)
The Rush Magazine: "Will the Real Golden Rule Please Stand Up?" and "Early Fall Morning Camping in Gold Country" (forthcoming winter 2026)
Penstricken: “The Hams” (forthcoming winter 2026)
Lamps in the Dark (Coppermoon Productions): “Not Allowed” and “Chances We Don’t Take” (forthcoming winter 2026)
Gastropodo: “Imperatives” (forthcoming 2027)
Masticadores: “She Just Stands There Being Old” (forthcoming April 2027)
Feed the Holy: “The Piano Student and the Lark” (forthcoming summer 2027)

Poetry

Andante or Lento?

I like andante.
I relate.
Life at my stage
moves with all deliberate speed
as appropriate to my age.
All so good! I would continue,
noting how fast the days of allegro go
(not to mention vivacissimo),
My first movement, now past.
Nothing lasts. The lesson of tempo
just about learned, more than an inkling
staring me in the face
(for any pace from grave to presto),
what matters now
is what I always said
when embarking on dreams that I had:

If lento...at least, I’m “Go!”

--from Used Envelopes (dancing girl press, 2026)

Emily Dickinson said

that possibility is the arena of poetry,

so what might be the arena of Paradise?

The Full Monty

Don’t offer me a bone when I want the full steak.
Don’t give me some sprinkles when I ordered a cake.
Don’t grant me a nod or a sideways glance
when I want the “full Monty” if you’ll just take the chance.
Don’t dance me a pavanne then hold me at bay
when what I yearn for is a tango today.
I’ve little time left to dilly about
and no time to waste in muffling my shout
or speaking my piece in fair weather or foul—
for outrageous fun I’m always on the prowl.
So join me—or not, it’s your choice to make—
but for the rest of my life, I’ll take the whole cake!

From Used Envelopes (dancing girl press 2026)

...nor may the approved triumph easily be honored--
that which is great because something else is small."

— From "When I Buy Pictures" by Marianne Moore