her name is Caroline, I never spent any time with her, we never met, still I say I know her , I would have met her, younger and different, my mother Marion and Caroline would have been buds, in my head I hear the song from Patty Duke show, Caroline and mom talked alike, CarolineContinue reading “reflections on a funeral”
Category Archives: American
for this writer
What are your biggest challenges? My biggest challenge is extra money coming in so I can pay my bills pay off my home bye peace land sell books and write. that is all I am is a writer. I can feel myself very well I’m like a four-leaf clover on the ground tucked into aContinue reading “for this writer”
Sleepy little town
Winter, Grass still green, Only a dusting of snow, Fews weeks back, Sleds and shovels, Hang on hooks in back of Walmart store, Sad for Frosty sad for snow u $ad for Walmart, In a perfect world, In a perfect state, One with winter would be over soon, This is Iowa my friend, going toContinue reading “Sleepy little town”
The Noel Diary
This is what love is all about, It’s a moment you can’t speak cuz emotion has tore you asunder, Its blissful love that sneaks up on you, A beautiful young woman and a hunk, As good as a Hallmark,
Alcohol
My dad drank to excess, During WWII,just eighteen, Dad was in Hiroshima,Japan,after the bombing His dad, my grand dad, was in France, The year nineteen seventeen, Paul John Andrew Heike, First Sargent,non com, Medical Corps MOS(grand dad’s job,find and remove comrades from the trenches,alive or dead), Paul was a baby, A Wisconsin boy grew upContinue reading “Alcohol”
Dubuque, Iowa
Super Walmart, Are you more likely to… Buy something for your pleasure, Online or there? In physical store? Nice assortment of vibrators, Penny and I discovered one day, On top shelf, Like Tim the Toolman I want lots of power, I’m less likely to purchase in store, More likely to order most powerful,from comfort ofContinue reading “Dubuque, Iowa”
World views America
The world will never really see within the walls of America! The world cut in two, America always in two camps, Like Private eyes following money, Wealthy crook that in truth is only corrupt, Incited a riot,¹ Followers sent to prison², Head cheese trader to All American propaganda still strolls, Insurrection he perpetrated!⁴ Republicans actContinue reading “World views America”
do you ever wonder?
When fun runs out of friendship will they still talk to you? Insecurity connects us in my lesbian community a friend reminds you of the insecurities you used to have? I believe we’re more alike than we are different, Its been two nights since I’ve talked to my friend in Arizona, I miss her desperately,Continue reading “do you ever wonder?”
Studabaker
What is your all time favorite automobile? Birds egg shell blue , Mom’s , At sixteen Diana got the car, Dad when he was courting mom he drove a red and white Mercury, For myself Val the first car I owned not hand me down, Was a little red Geo, The year was two thousandContinue reading “Studabaker”
Published Poet since 1985
How are you creative? I’m a poet, Tonight at Sister Ruth’s, Sister of choice, In Sun City, Arizonia, Last fall, A question parts her lips , Can You insulate? The landlord evicted her, Gave her six months, Toward fall finding no place to move, Only getting fifteen hundred a month and that’s Ruth’s rent, ThenContinue reading “Published Poet since 1985”
Val Whitewolf 