A Gathering of Poetry | February 2026
Valentine's Day has come and gone without acknowledgment on my part. That's because . . . well. I'm not really a big Valentine's Day fan. It's an exclusionary, coupled-up kind of "holiday" that has made me feel kinda bad since I was old enough to feel bad about not having a boyfriend. (Which was usually.) And Valentine's Day has never been a big deal for Tom and I either (to Tom's great relief every year when he sees men scrambling at the grocery store for flowers and candy), so I tend [...]












