SPOTLIGHT -
A Quiet Life
"This isn’t as easy as it seems..."
Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
"There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost... I am helpless."
Dust of Snow
"The dust of snow, From a hemlock tree, Has given my heart, A change of mood..."
"Anatomy Lab"
"By year’s end, brittle with guilt, we hovered over our hollow creation..."
I Wish I Held My Father’s Hand
"I wish I could have caught his eye, delivered the silent message that I understood what he had to go through every day to keep the peace..."
Paper-White Narcissus
"There is no greater loneliness..."
“If You Ask Me My Name”
Welcome to 2023, the 25th year of Poetry of the Times with Richard Berlin, MD!