Alice's Silver Years

I've been writing poetry today.  It's the first time I've written in a long time.  My fingers lost their voice for awhile, I gue...

Indian Summer is a poem I wrote a few years ago.  It is published in my poetry book Alice's Verse .  You can hear me read it below. I...

Cheating Death is a poem I wrote for my brother, Tom, after his heart surgery a good many years ago.  It is published in my poetry book Ali...

Today I'm thinking about Shel Silverstein.  For those of you who do not recognize the name, I am truly sorry you have lived this long wi...

Lately I've been thinking about our upcoming Presidential election.  I find myself totally dissatisfied with BOTH candidates, and in fea...

Today I decided to share a couple of my poems with you.  The first is Kings of Men and Wisdom from my poetry book, Alice's Verse . ...

Edgar Allan Poe's last poem, Annabel Lee, is one of my very favorite poems.  There is a mystery about it, and I do love a good mystery. ...

Today I'm thinking about my favorite poems and poets again, which reminded me of James Whitcomb Riley's 1885 poem, Little Orphant An...

One of my favorite war themed poems is Gunga Din by Rudyard Kipling.  I first heard this poem in high school.  It painted such an unforgetta...

Today I'm reading one of my favorite poems from childhood.  It is from the book, A Child's Garden of Verses , by one of my very favo...

Those of you who know me, know that I love poetry.  When I was in the 9th or 10th grade I happened upon the poem, The Flute by Wilfred Wilso...