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Poetry Breakfast

Serving a little poetic nourishment Monday thru Friday and featuring a Short Play Saturday Matinee to read.

Cold Spring Park – A Poem by Jane Attanucci

Cold Spring Park A poem by Jane Attanucci Cold Spring Park I’m out the doornearly every day,something my mothernever did.To leave the houseuntended was, for her,unthinkable.So many children,like the woman in the shoe.Oldest daughter, I pushed the twins’stroller round &... Continue Reading →

Requiem – A Poem by Marietta Calvanico

Requiem A poem by Marietta Calvanico RequiemThe beach isn’t lonely on an autumn afternoon,Down by the jetty another four-wheeler turns, grinding and kicking up sand,Bait-diggers with shovels and pails, fishermen wading out knee-deep,I don’t miss the happy noise of past... Continue Reading →

The Lux Hotel – A Poem by Patrick Deeley

The Lux HotelA poem by Patrick Deeley The Lux Hotel The carpet flows full and tenderas moss under our feet.The windows tilt and turnon the pivot of a thoughtto afford us day or night. Servicesecond-guesses everythingwe want, and when. We... Continue Reading →

Lone Aunt Maude – A Poem by Judith Waller Carroll

Lone Aunt Maude A poem by Judith Waller Carroll Lone Aunt MaudeEvery Christmasmy mother got a cardfrom Logan, Kansas,from the aunt she hadn’t seensince she was a child.A card with a winter sceneand a plain-spoken messagesigned at the bottom:LoveAunt Maude,the... Continue Reading →

rose park tennis camp 1973 (for ms walker) – A Poem by Brian Gilmore

rose park tennis camp 1973 (for ms walker) A poem by Brian Gilmore rose park tennis camp 1973 (for ms walker)in the morning like the prosat wimbeldon we wear white.listen to a tiny black womanwho thinks this is the marines.she... Continue Reading →

A Universal Question – A Short Play by Kathleen Maule Holen

Saturday Matinee"A Universal Question" by Kathleen Maule Holen. Previously performed at the Jersey City Theatre Center in 2022 as part of a readers theatre presentation of short plays on the topic of strength.  A UNIVERSAL QUESTIONA short playBy Kathleen Maule... Continue Reading →

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