My favorite poem is probably Maxine Kumin's "After Love". I refuse to follow the grammar rule that requires the period in my previous sentence to be placed inside the closing quotation mark: it makes no sense when the quotation itself is not a sentence. I write to stay sane, which probably explains why I am currently nuts. When my son was young my voice hid in the closet and whispered to me only occasionally. Now that he is in college, I am rediscovering her and helping her evolve. I train in karate (black belt). I am a Pisces. However, if I choose to I have the ability to stand still in the water during a storm rather than be swept away.