August 2024
Russel Winick
rvwinick@sbcglobal.net
rvwinick@sbcglobal.net
Bio Note: I began writing poetry several years ago at nearly age 65, after concluding a long career as a business attorney. Among my foremost poetic inspirations are Langston Hughes, Dorothy Parker, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Robert Frost. In addition to Verse-Virtual, my poems have appeared in The Lyric Magazine, Lighten Up Online, Westward Quarterly, and Grand Little Things, as well as other fine online and print journals.
The Road Taken
The road I often took
Was better from the start
Because I shunned the book
In favor of the heart.
Marital Giving
I know a couple whose marriage is great,
Quite harmoniously they are living.
When asked for their secret, here’s what they relate –
Each does 80 percent of the giving!
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