Modeled after “This Is Just To Say” by William Carlos Williams this is just to say I’m sorry I didn’t take it your hand,…
Posts published in “Byline: RAIA GUTMAN”
Acrostic
By RAIA GUTMAN on September 2019
Heaven and Hell, you said, two options I blinked, I breathed, I Decided not to choose quite yet, Earmarked the conversation for a later date…
Villanelle
By RAIA GUTMAN on September 2019
I didn’t hide until you taught me I learned to live before I knew shame White flame gave me another key Unlock the room…
Tenth Annual Spring Writes! Literary Festival
By ADOWYN ERNSTE, RAIA GUTMAN on June 2019
For the past ten years, Ithaca has hosted the Spring Writes! Literary Arts Festival, featuring local and regional writers and artists who give a variety…
0.7 Miles
By RAIA GUTMAN on February 2019
0.7 miles of sidewalk Seven blocks Of October’s autumn leaves Of November’s frost Of December’s ice and snow Twenty pounds on my back Twenty-four…
Unwelcome
By RAIA GUTMAN on February 2019
The dead of winter A single fall leaf appears Poke it with a stick
20gayteen Playlist
By RAIA GUTMAN on October 2018
Whether you spent your 20gayteen campaigning for your rights, wearing face paint and glitter to pride parades, or safely in the closet, you deserve…