February 2022
Russel Winick
rvwinick@sbcglobal.net
Bio Note: I began reading and writing poetry just over two years ago, after retiring from a long career as a business attorney. I’ve been surprised on well over 100 occasions to see my poems selected for publication in nearly a score of online and print journals. While formal poetry is mostly what I write, my favorite poem is Langston Hughes’ free verse masterpiece Mother to Son.

Reruns

I’d just begun to tell my son a story,
When he said:  “Dad – you’ve told me this before!”
I had no recollection of such discourse,
But heard and saw amusement that he bore.

I asked my son to not forget that moment,
For someday – I could surely guarantee – 
That he’d start telling his own kids a story,
And hear the same thing he just said to me.
©2022 Russel Winick
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