Switch
By Katherine Gotthardt |
Springtime and everything switches on, electric song of peepers and honeysuckle. Nature's extraordinary reboot.
Food Stamps and Underwear
By Katherine Gotthardt |
A draft by Katherine Gotthardt
When asked about holes in my underwear, why it’s taking up space in my drawer, I ask instead
if pink isn’t my color.
More Haiku for National Poetry Month 2023
By Katherine Gotthardt |
As we wrap up the month, here are some more small offerings.
Quincy Market (a draft)
By Katherine Gotthardt |
Dankness of the parking garage.
First level always, because
my father liked to be early.
Haiku for National Poetry Month
By Katherine Gotthardt |
Poetry based on vss365 and Mindful Writing course prompts
Easter Haiku
By Katherine Gotthardt |
For my mother-in-law, Doris "Dorie" Gotthardt, who, battling cancer, sang at sunrise service at Colonial Beach.
Now Entering Manassas / Próximo Arribo – Manassas
By Katherine Gotthardt |
Katherine’s poem “Now Entering Manassas” was the winner of the adult “time capsule” poetry contest. Katherine read her poem April 1 at the 150th anniversary celebration, the translated version by Jorge de Villasante was read in Spanish by Bianca Menendez, her poem was published in Neighbors of Historic Manassas magazine, and it was included in …
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Ashby
By Katherine Gotthardt |
Massachusetts, Circa 1988 I am thinking about the first time anyone heard the word computer. Was it like when I learned what Windows was? Or how a GPS could magically take me anywhere I wanted without getting lost? No more need to stop in for maps I’d never fold back in their envelopes. Those required …