Last Bender

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 19, 2016 in Blogh | 1 comment

I have been resisting the urge to write about this election for weeks now. It is a delicious situation, with...

Posted by jonfrankel on Apr 7, 2016 in Poetry | 2 comments

SPARROW Itâ€™s not the wind that lacerates Not the wind that barks or howls. The wolf at the door is a...

Posted by jonfrankel on Mar 17, 2016 in Fiction | 0 comments

NEW YORK MOSAIC THREE NOVELS BY ISABEL BOLTON DO I WAKE OR DO I SLEEP (1946) THE CHRISTMAS TREE (1949) MANY...

Posted by jonfrankel on Mar 10, 2016 in Poetry | 2 comments

A couple of weeks ago I was in Vermont for the funeral of an old friend, Cate Stratton. Cate’s brother...

Posted by jonfrankel on Mar 4, 2016 in Blogh | 1 comment

This link was posted by someone on facebook. It’s from a piece written in 2010 by Kristian Hoffman,...

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 29, 2016 in Poetry | 1 comment

Walk Snarls and whips of bracken An eye glowing behind a lid of cloud And fractals of black branches Dulled...

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 19, 2016 in Poetry | 1 comment

Too many are going….I wrote this for the Strattons when they lost Cate recently. Cate The door is...

Posted by jonfrankel on Feb 11, 2016 in Poetry | 4 comments

Half Sonnet Leafless bushes bangled With carnelian beads. Lines of woodbine Red above the rushes, tangled....

The Swans