Front Porch Review
A literary magazine for the young at heart and mind

snow hills shift in blustery wind
dreams swirl, yank neighbors
from my northern childhood
into Texas landscape
but no one owns a snow shovel

I wander my past in the present
my mother calls my name. Ten again, I
pump uphill, fighting Jersey shore dunes
Sand shimmers under tires
until my spinning wheels
lose traction, no forward momentum
like this dream with no conclusions

By Joanne Faries

Joanne Faries, originally from the Philadelphia area, lives in Texas with her husband Ray. Published in Doorknobs & Bodypaint, she also has poems in Silver Boomer anthologies. Joanne is the film critic for the Little Paper of San Saba. Look for her humorous memoir My Zoo World: If All Dogs Go to Heaven, Then I'm in Trouble, a story collection Wordsplash Flash and three poetry books - Wordsplash Poetry Puddle: Nature, Hazy Memory, and Tread Water on Amazon. Her e-mail address: