UPSTREAM: Mary Oliver

In wonder her gaze –

fixed on spiders or foxes –

spills love into words.

~

THE FIVE INVITATIONS: Frank Ostaseski

Five invitations –

wisdom offered from the heart –

R.S.V.P. “Yes” !

~

A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW: Amor Towles

Ah, the craft sublime!

Like caviar, like saffron  – 

rare, delectable.

Few are the novels

that leave this reader in love

while sobbing goodbye.