Fashion Statement – Published in Of The Book Press – November 2024 Donning my IDF uniform of coarse green cloth I become one of them a shapeless fighter one of many, my individuality no longer identifiable Donning my IDF uniform I care not about my curvaceous shape my hair or […]
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The Transformer – Published in Pen In Hand – July 2024 I slip from the comfort of worn jeans and soft T-shirt, I sniff their scent the scent of comfort, the softness of aging I place them with tenderness in a bureau drawer where they rest cradled like a napping […]
I Remember That Summer at Camp Escape – Published in Pen In Hand – July 2024 You won’t remember that eight-hour school bus ride to Camp Escape. We were only children, children who were sent away for the summer to that “special place,” as Mom called it, on the lake […]
Memory Seeds – Published in Pure Slush, Anthology: Life Span Vol. 9 – February 2024 I feel an anxious flutter in my chest as I try to recall the voice, the blue eyes and auburn curls bouncing as she approaches. But my head refuses to place her. Who is this […]
There’s a Teacher in the Room – Published in Teach. Write. A Writing Teachers’ Literary Journal – Fall∼Winter 2023 “Welcome. Hello.” I greeted each student at the door with a handshake while trying to make eye contact, but adult eye contact with these 14-year-olds was challenging. Most responded quickly and […]
Hope – Published in Paragraph Planet – September 3, 2023 Sirens whined from the Kyiv streets above. The earth shook and lights flickered. Women and children hunkered together underground in the putrid-scented subway cars, while their homes above fell into ruins. Darnya pulled her two-year-old son into the security of […]
The World was Watching – Published in Dissident Voice – July 30, 2023 750 migrants paid unaffordable sums to be crowded onto a fishing vessel. Carrying only hope, they journeyed toward freedom. When the ship struggled for survival, cries for rescue, for saviors went unanswered. The world stood by watching. […]
Blessed – Published in Kveller – May 31, 2023 I was named Barbara Ann before I was able to utter my intelligible objections. I would never have chosen Barbara Ann. It was 1950 and a popular name of the age, but Barbara Ann? Couldn’t my parents have been more creative? […]
I Took a Walk with my Dad Today – Posted on Facebook – Father’s Day, June 18, 2023 He came along to help me ride through the painful steps of bursitis. The doctor had told him you have to push past it. With his help I walked, and when my […]
To Begin Again – Published in Pure Slush Vol. 7: Home Lifespan Series – May 2023 I swear it was just the flash of bright sunlight burning my eyes as I paused in the open doorway hearing collective voices whispering good-bye. It’s not good-bye I thought inhaling the […]