There is a recent outbreak of the corona virus killing hundreds in China now. It is known as 2019-nCoV and is from a family of viruses that cause everything from the common cold to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.) The virus has little spikes (like the spikes of a crown) that hook cells so the virus can multiply. The word corona refers to the spikes of a crown. The insidiousness of this virus caused me to think of Revelation, chapter…
I feel like I’ve run a marathon. My latest book, “The Road Home” is finally out on Amazon.com. After my husband Vic died of lung cancer, I took snippets from my journal and poems I’d written during that time. It wasn’t easy to write, but as one editor wrote, “This is an important work.” This book is more than a memoir. These lines contain wisdom I learned as we worked through those days until Vic’s death and new discoveries I…
During April and November Robert Lee Brewer, Poetry Editor of Writer’s Digest, posts daily prompts. Poets can post their work online at http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2018-april-pad-challenge-day-2. I have decided to chronicle what’s happening in our lives at the moment as the theme for this month’s poems. I’m not posting them on the Poem a Day website because they are considered published if I do. The prompt for April 2 was “Portrait.” Here is my offering: Portrait of an Illness Husband of fifty-six years complains…