Poetry Praise of Darkness by Francine Marie Tolf We touch one another with defter fingers at night. Rain sounds different, its steady falling…
Poetry Hymn, with Birds and Cats by Francine Marie Tolf I will praise my failures. I will praise What I have not accomplished and do…
Poetry Cottonwoods by Francine Marie Tolf You know from their deeply grooved bark they hold marvelous stories. They are taller than…
Poetry Tiger Lilies by Francine Marie Tolf Like King David, they have drunk the wine of astonishment. Mouths open wide, they lean…
Poetry Lilly by Francine Marie Tolf At fifty-three, I sometimes feel a subtle but irreversible sadness seeping into my blood. I…
Poetry Summer Poem by Francine Marie Tolf I am tired of my dreams’ dark interiors and the family ghosts who inhabit them.…