Index of Poets
Austin Alexis
Collin Barber
Yota Daniil
Gil Fagiani
Donna Gagnon
Rachel Green
Lois Marie Harrod
Ruth Holzer
Hank Kalet
Steadman Kondor
John Lambremont, Sr.
Gill McEvoy
Karen Neuberg
Joan Page-Durante
Mandy Pannett
John Joseph Petrolino III
Doug Pugh
Christine Redman-Waldeyer
David Romanda
Nancy Scott
Ivan Sun
Levi Wagenmaker
Lonnard Dean Watkins
Mark Arvid White
Wolfiewolfgang
Ruth Holzer
Elderly Couple On Park Bench, N.Y.C
What's in my bulky shopping bag?
Loads of things I seemed to need
hours ago, before I had
to plead with him to let me rest my feet
as he force-marched me through the park.
Now I'm as weary as I can be
of the person sitting next to me.
The person sitting next to me:
someone I'd not choose again,
given the second chance that I won't get.
I followed all around the town,
a poodle, heeding her commands,
leashed for life to a greedy hag.
Damn her and her shopping bag.
Bio
Ruth Holzer's poems have appeared in journals such as Modern Haiku, Frogpond, bottle rockets, Concise Delight and Wisteria, among others. She has two chapbooks, "The First Hundred Years" and "The Solitude Of Cities" (Finishing Line Press) and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She lives in Virginia.