Author: Adirondack Center for Writing

Wonder Woman knocked on my doorI was busy sweeping the floor.“Put down your broom and talk to me”I’m busy now, can’t you see?“Chores can wait, there’s more to life”Chores can’t wait, they build up strife“The only strife is what you make”Running a house is no piece of cake“Take a moment, come here and sit”Housework won’t … Continue reading A Visit from Wonder Woman by Judyann Grant

You fly in here and boast that you are heWho makes Communication work. Absurd!Sit down, but first take off that stupid flea-Worn cape. You want some tea? Shhh-- not a word.The Tow’r of Babel is your beau idealAnd I’d agree that we have made a messOf co-existing. But, you know, old pal,We poets turn your … Continue reading An English Sonnet: For DJT by Paul Lamar

Power, when it comes,comes powerfully.Frightening a world.Superbeings, ragingwith strength, able to fly,disappear, read your mind,see your bones and organs.Fighting, always fightingeven when they win.In my comic book life,I don’t seem superor even very powerful.Able to say anythingto anyone. With an earto hear, a mind to mind.Language, in the end,is what makes us men(and more than … Continue reading Beyond by Ruth Ann Dandrea

Super man, you say?Supper time I say, mother replies.No, really mama, I swear on shooting stars. She sees red, yellow, purple;galaxies aglow. Gathering son into armsshe embraces void, fills black holewith love She is woman, and she doesn’t need to speak — she simply holds him and is present; an unconditional force of strength. His … Continue reading Fleeting Fantasy, Forging Fire by S. Parker

In the crowded airportyou stood out aloneacross the way, waitingfor me to traverse the open spaceYou, the most handsome manstanding tall and readyBlue suit, white shirt, sporting tiebut best a welcoming smilefor this young college girlNothing could have been betterAs our eyes connectedmy heart poundedI felt as light as airA balloon floating towardyour outstretched armsYou … Continue reading I Saw My Hero by Mary Perrin Scott

I have never seen a ghost. I lived in a house built in the 1870’s but there were no ghosts even though my mother was convinced that a woman was killed there and buried in the basement. The previous owner’s wife had disappeared and was never found. Since the back-cellar wall was of different brick … Continue reading A Supernatural Experience by June Kosier

When the phone rang, I almost didn’t pick it up. I was struggling to make dinner for my family. That day at work, I, along with nearly 300 colleagues at our New York State agency had been laid off. Our agency was to be dissolved. I was devastated and depressed, uncertain about my future. I … Continue reading Stones in My Road by Linda Freedland