Mark : Writing

My Formula

My Formula

A Poem by Mark


Sung to the tune of Stephen Foster's "M-O-T-H-E-R" (" 'M' is for the Million things she gave me...")
Wind Song

Wind Song

A Poem by Mark


Can a man ever hope to own the heart of a woman, even if it is given voluntarily?
NARROW VERGES

NARROW VERGES

A Poem by Mark


This was an unusual exercise, in that it lay incomplete for several months, then one night, about two a.m., I awoke with a start, madly scrabbling for..
A Foreboding Drum

A Foreboding Drum

A Poem by Mark


Here's another Sestina, a mildly tongue-in-cheek observation about HOW my quest to repay a childhood enemy made me less like myself, and MORE LIKE HIM..
Labile

Labile

A Poem by Mark


The Sestina is an old and very challenging form. It's been twenty years since I wrote my first two, and TODAY I encountered another writer doing them:..
OASIS

OASIS

A Poem by Mark


--inspired by the poem, "Slow Trickles on my Tongue", by my friend, Emma...
The Man I Never Knew

The Man I Never Knew

A Poem by Mark


When my cousin died last month unexpectedly, I had to admit that he was a different--and Vastly Better!-- person than whom I had known as a child. Thi..
Carousel Song

Carousel Song

A Poem by Mark


The oldest questions, for the umpteen-millionth time...
Lovely Boxes

Lovely Boxes

A Poem by Mark


I've taken a good deal of heat over the years re. my custom of writing mainly in the closely metered, rhyming style so not-in-fashion these days. This..
For Rachel, At Thirteen

For Rachel, At Thirteen

A Poem by Mark


In 1977, I was so broke, I could not afford to send my sister a birthday gift, so I gave her the only thing of value I could muster at the time, a h..