Tone of Voice & Charcoal on the Lips I got my comeuppance at the hands of Lucia Cordell Getsi, my poetry instructor. Dr. Getsi said, “You don’t get to have that tone, you never get to have that tone, in anything.” She made this remark after reading my poem “Cord.” Dr. Getsi taught a graduate [...]

      Otherwise and Nevertheless in Haiti Once upon a time, I shared the Jane Kenyon poem “Otherwise” with a friend. It was in a conversation about life’s variables, vacillations, and verisimilitude. When this person became ill, then recovered, this person gave me three candlesticks, like the ones in the poem, so that we [...]

Like a Snowstorm in Haiti– My friend Julie and I are talkers. We gab, a lot. Our recent trip to Haiti found us both quiet, at a loss for words. We both love music and books, compare notes as to what our latest musical or literary find might be, and in Haiti, neither of us [...]