Honey Cake
Before she died, she wore an orange ruffle to her 100th birthday party, now photographs on the walls, earth-tone paintings, the same shade as a… Read More »Honey Cake
Before she died, she wore an orange ruffle to her 100th birthday party, now photographs on the walls, earth-tone paintings, the same shade as a… Read More »Honey Cake
My port-a-potty, but right now not feeling proud being related to Sarah, Rachel and Miriam, daughter of Lilith, member of an ancient tribe
“Lenore Weiss’ psychic linguistic engagement borders on the transcendent, the mystical and familiar.”
–Sharon Doubiago, author and member, PEN Oakland
and maybe it will be a promised land when values can run wild
and trump the Trumps everywhere
“I pass an aisle of travel mugs in different colors, and sizes, with Disney characters, Duck Dynasty members, motorcycle riders and flowers growing in orange… Read More »I Hate Walmart
I looked for you riding the down escalator on my way to the bargain table at Alexander’s where you used to take me to find… Read More »Whippoorwill
For a big man, you left a small footprint, on your shoulders people created arabesques, formed pyramids as I watched from the edge of a… Read More »Yahrzeit Candle
Whenever we took the subway to Orchard Beach,
my father held my hand until the last stop
at Pelham Bay Park where we waited for the bus
to drop us off behind the bath house.
When I think of the witch in Hansel and Gretel, I think of my kindergarten teacher from P.S. 48 in the Bronx, Mrs.… Read More »A Pencil and a Friendship
She spoke with a Hungarian accent, her speech
bordered on vines and blue forget-me-nots