Rochelle Ratner Poems

They never tell you
whether October 12
was Columbus' birthday
or the day he discovered
...

Between thunderstorms
a car pulls into the driveway
turns around, then parks,
a little old blonde woman
...

Searching for the man
at Planter's Peanuts
who, when they were kids,
shook hands with them
...

She switches the tv on
while she's drinking coffee
and the first thing she sees
is that red, white, and blue
...