"An old frustrated, poet, professor wants to feel young again and makes a bargain."
Many afternoons, Paul Cantor stood at his office window in the English Department and looked down at the campus below, watching the students walking to their classes, some riding bicycles, others romantically holding hands, some sitting on the benches, or...
"Parting is such sweet sorrow!"
The following days passed in a flash. Jemima tried hard to get me to go with her, even suggesting that we go by sea for the outward leg but, at such short notice, we would not make the flight back...
"An older woman takes a chance and cheats and nothing will ever be the same."
Catherine Emerson met Tom Quimby quite by accident one afternoon when he sat down on the park bench across from her in Rittenhouse Square. This was where she often ate her lunch, usually yogurt with peaches, or strawberries, before returning...
"An older woman takes a chance and nothing will ever be the same."
Catherine barely made the six-forty-five and was glad it wasn’t as crowded as the earlier train. She sat down in her usual seat just as the train bolted forward, then picked up speed. Catherine looked at her reflection in the...
"The Magic of it All."
Do you know what abandonment is? It's crazy I need to explain it. It can take on many forms. Come in many different ways. Most assume it is leaving. Did you ever think of the silence? You forget;It's the absence...
When I wake up, I find my eyes searching, Longing for the eyes that make it okay, My hazel eyes looking for your chocolate brown. When I wake up, I find my fingers wishing, Wanting your hair to curl softly...
That winters day was cold and white.A nip of cold in morning’s light.The chimney’s smoke was twisting high,Reaching up to the grey blue sky.It took me back to our faded youth,A less complex time of trust and truth.The days were...
"A struggle between a life had, a life living and a life that could be."
With one last stroke by the burning fingers of Satan, the final section of her hair was finished. Sure it was sizzling and burning to touch, but at least now it was straight. That was her main aim. After a...
"It is Jessica's turn to have Sam's big brother."
That said, she capitulated and lay back on her bed as she waited for him to approach. Jerry, Nick, Sam, Ashlee, Jessica and Mike were all home on Spring Break from college. She dreamed of this day for so long....
