Exercise Yard
The Shepherd scrapes the aluminum bowl on the concrete with her nose, a toy when it becomes empty. All night I hear her toss the… Read More »Exercise Yard
Lenore's collections include "Tap Dancing on the Silverado Trail" (2011) from Finishing Line Press, “Sh’ma Yis’rael” (2007) from Pudding House Publications, and "Cutting Down the Last Tree on Easter Island" (West End Press, 2012). Her writing has won recognition from Poets&Writers (finalist in California Voices contest) and as a finalist for Pablo Neruda Prize, Nimrod International Journal. The Society for Technical Communication has recognized her work regarding Technical Literacy in the schools. All material is copyrighted on this site and cannot be used without the author's permission.
The Shepherd scrapes the aluminum bowl on the concrete with her nose, a toy when it becomes empty. All night I hear her toss the… Read More »Exercise Yard
A consultant from Palo Alto came in to study ergonomics, marked budget constraints at the top-right corner of a graph pad. Working in this manner… Read More »The Office
It’s kinda gonna be Oakland, people walking around Lake Merritt beneath a necklace of lights people talking on cellphones in Arabic, Spanish, Cantonese, Russian, German,… Read More »The Babble Comes Full Circle
Listen as you surf the Internet and press the remote of your cable. I am a data packet that wants to be delivered into your… Read More »Good Friday Data Packet, Livermore Action Group
My God, you made a cold call, pressed a button knowing it was a safe bet. I’m not talking about Enter, Continue or Next. I mean the Mommy… Read More »Both Sides of Clouds
Some kind of a joke, to allow me to find love half-way across the country. His arms? His lips? Give me a break. On Skype? For… Read More »God’s Knock Knock Joke
OOO can mean any variety of things: I’m not in the office occupying my usual cubicle space and sitting in a chair with my feet… Read More »OOO (Out of Office)
“Sitting in front of the computer, my brain and hands connect in a singular, focused way across the keyboard.” I’ve worked from home for most… Read More »WFH
I can find my car in the parking lot by the way the back window is spotted from my past. To pass time I read the fine… Read More »The Fool
“Where had I been all these years? Instead of reading books, I should’ve been at video arcades perfecting my hand eye coordination and driving vehicles… Read More »Scrabble, Super 7, and the Public Space