Once a student asked if, at my house,we discussed grammar over dinner,and I laughed. Not exclusively, I said.Tonight we are talking about adverbs,about anyway and anyhow, whetherthey’re synonyms and ...
These clouds, this pelting rain,This earthy scent of change now onIts way. Holy SaturdayA child—He’s not quite six—Digs in the same cold earth.The ache his mother, watching, feelsIs ...