Dear Merope, Which Rhymes with Therapy Ah, I bet you forgot Sisyphus. It’s easy to forget, given the whole up-down-stone-sweat-start-over-effort thing. And…did you forget Merope, too? According to Greek myth, Merope (which actually does rhyme with therapy) was the wife…
Wolf This week’s poem, Wolf, first appeared in Linden Avenue Literary Journal. I finished it not too long after we had visited Alaska on family holiday, but the ideas and first draft actually started a few years prior to that, following a…
Are You Sure? Talking About Absolutes What is an absolute, when you use the word as a noun? The online Oxford Learners Dictionaries gives the definition as “an idea or a principle that is believed to be true or valid…
Suburban, with a Halloween-ish Turn This week’s poem is one I usually consider a Springtime poem, given its concern about that suburban blight known as dandelions. But its a bit dark for a Springtime poem, so maybe it’s a better…
Can You Stand Another Box of Heads? Did you ever have a parent absolutely, totally, convinced beyond doubt that you were going to grow up and be a doctor? I did. And I blame Barbie for that. We all know…
