The Tookany Review Vol. II Fall/Winter 2006/2007
In this issue
Roberta Ball
Edited by Deborah
Fries
At this
time, the Tookany Review
is accepting only the work of
writers who are enrolled
or have been enrolled in
Cheltenham Adult School
writing workshops.
For
more information about
writing workshops offered by
the Cheltenham Township Adult School, contact:
Cheltenham Township Adult
School
1414 Panther Road
Wyncote, PA 19095
Phone: 215-887-1720
Jan Goldman
Two poems
Some Questions
…after Pablo Neruda
What souls hover
in the stratosphere between the mists of blue and
green?
Do windmills grind the seeds of unborn clouds?
Does the foam of the waves speak its secret history to the shore?
Is the daisy brazen in flouting the yellowness of its love?
And does it turn its face away when yellow love dies?
At the Pool
Leaves moving softly
A canopy of leaves and sky
Leaves of different shapes
Many colors of green
Branches moving less than leaves
Branches of different thickness and thinness
Sky peaking through leaves
Light fading into dusk
The angle of the hill
Thick ivy growing
A brick wall curving
Dark water rippling
Bubbles at the surface
Leaves and flowers dotting the water
Faded redwood deck still holding.
Jan Goldman is a long-time resident of Elkins Park, where she lives with her husband Nick in the same house in which they raised their three children. When not writing poetry, Jan is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Jenkintown.