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“Do Animals Grieve Too?,” “Competition,” and “Rainy Day in New York”

In Issue 71 by Patricia HemmingerMarch 1, 2023

The black swan fluffs
her dark wings, red beak
as surprising as the peacock’s
white plumes, gauzy half moon
wedding veil and the fact
that they both bore offspring
for the first time

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“Loss,” “Walking the dog” and “How It Began”

In Issue 61 by Patricia HemmingerMay 1, 2022

I’ve read that visual memories
are easier to recall than words,
so when I can’t remember the name
of the tree by the garden hedge
white blossoms in springtime,
I think of our dog, Finn, basking
beneath it, long ears stroking the earth,
know it is a dogwood tree.

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