I wrote this poem after deliberating if The Word: A Festival of the Spoken and Written Word: Celebrating All Voices should be canceled--due to the rain storm close approaching. Rita M. Monte and Peter V. Dugan and I, deliberated for over a week, visiting alternative...

Dear Sparky, On Christmas eve I’ll have dinner with the Van Pelts’ and Charlie too. On Christmas day I will listen to Schroder channel Vince Guaraldi. On New Year’s Eve I will flap my ears, darn my scarf, and dance around a twig. Next Year, I vow to begin typing book one, chapter one. Merry Christmas And Happy New Year Be of...