5 days agoMember-onlyPre-Dawn and I* Pre-Dawn and I By Jane Tawel August 10, 2022 * And just like that — And as I was looking down — with barely an upward glance, Light snuck around, the edges of the dark. * Oh, the hours are too often filled, with lists and pages of words; …Poetry2 min read
Jul 21Member-onlyWhat Will I Do with Love Today?What Will I Do with Love Today? By Jane Tawel July 21, 2022 * What will I do with Love, today? What will I do with my love? Will I open my hands? Will I walk in The Way? Will I watch what I say? Will I trust and obey? …Poetry2 min read
Jun 29Member-onlyDead AngelsDead Angels By Jane Tawel June 29, 2022 * “Your angels are dying,” She said. * And so, we found our excuses to offer to the God, we had created — all red, white and blue, in our own image. But if we had read it correctly, we would have…Poetry3 min read
Jun 26Member-onlyAnd What Will I Be When I’m Gone?And What Will I Be When I’m Gone? By Jane Tawel, June 26, 2022 * And what will it be, when I am gone? When All is gone, when all of “I” is gone? No and Yes, Oh, what will I be when I am gone? * And what will…Poetry2 min read
Jun 14Member-onlyThe Flag We Really Need Right Now is LoveThe Flag We Really Need Right Now is Love By Jane Tawel June 14, 2022 * It is the fault in us, Horatio, and not in our star-struck eyes. It is society, and the culture of our own bent and broken time and place, that has informed us, tried to…Pride Month10 min read
Jun 12Member-onlyHe Bought Every Thing* He Bought Every Thing By Jane Tawel June 12, 2022 * He bought up every thing in the whole, whole wide world. He bought all the pleasures, the birds and the bees. And he plotted and planned how to buy even more, as he gassed the whole planet and…Poetry2 min read
Jun 8Member-onlyPictures and a Story on The Way to Jury Duty in L.A.Pictures and a Story on The Way to Jury Duty in L.A. by Jane Tawel June 8, 2022 * I walked this route from Union Station, Downtown Los Angeles each morning to the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. One morning I saw a thin, rather frantic young woman who had parked her shopping cart of belongings against the railings that are…Essay8 min read
Jun 1Member-onlyMaybe It’s For the Best* Maybe It’s For the Best By Jane Tawel June 1, 2022 * I haven’t lost my faith. No, I’ve just lost my knowledge; and maybe that’s the best, the very best place to be. * I haven’t lost my faith, I’ve forfeited the facts. And maybe that’s the best…Poetry2 min read
May 25Member-onlyFirst Novel PublishedI have published my first novel. You can check it out here on Amazon — Kindle or paperback version.Novel1 min readFirst Novel Published----