Kugel by Carol Young
so I tried to explain making kugel to my 91 year old mom what new year? why don’t you work tomorrow? Oy still she wanted to try it a good recipe crosses all barriers kugel in German means bullet sometimes…
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so I tried to explain making kugel to my 91 year old mom what new year? why don’t you work tomorrow? Oy still she wanted to try it a good recipe crosses all barriers kugel in German means bullet sometimes…
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folks call them trumpet plants because the flower is long and thin expanding into a bell like a miles davis trumpet they irregularly blossom throughout the year as a gift in shades of white toward pink and orange tonight in dim…
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darling darkness comforts while light sears exacerbated by fears so calm heals time to slow down let a sabbath rule life is not a duel let’s play and run away from the sun towards night’s embrace life is not a…
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Each afternoon From noonish on Our darkened skies throw out thunderbolts Shake out windows Scare our cats. I leave the dish-washing for later. I thank Zeus For greenery refreshed For flowers perking up And spirits powering up again.
Yes, we know about sound waves, The physics of measurement Oscillations moving about Unseen but touching our ears Emotive experience shaped By brain waves Yet the meanings Make us move: Soft words Whispered Or shouted Moving lovers Pushing armies And…
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Something isn’t sitting right With what I’m trying to do tonight. This music’s not for dancing’s bright And playful and electric light. No, it’s rough denial’s bight That’s looped around my body, tight; A rope I can’t ignore, must fight,…
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I know there were always flowers by the back fence Dandelions, bluebells, nightshade, in my childish reckoning, at least I don’t know if anyone joined me in my weeding I don’t know if memories of being chased along the entirety…
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Your labor does not stop once classes end; No bell nor clock can bid you to relax. Past exit, you still thoughtful garden tend: Imaginary lessons kept or axed. I’ll grant that this career deserves such care; The world depends…
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All that you need to know about her Is that she speaks to her family in her native language, But I had to explain to my friend, her grown child, What the word “Orgulloso” meant. All that you need to…
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PEACE AND PRIDE JULY 24, 2018 | KGERTZPOETRY This is a tune ‘Bout the sun and the moon, Who once shared the sky Midnight to afternoon. They dazzled the town As they rose and laid down. No candles were needed With those…
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