Poem-A-Day

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by Rhonda Rodenheck

I see you, yew tree

fibrous, gnarl-limbed, hoary youth – 

guarding life renewed. 

~

Rhonda Rosenheck is a poet living in New York's Capital Region. She won a NYSCA individual artist grant to edit Thriving: An Anthology. Her other books include The Five Books of Limericks: a Chapter-by-Chapter Re-Telling of Torah, Looking, and a cartoon book titled Yiddische Yoga: Oysanas for Every Generation. She also created Cards Poetica. Rhonda's writing has appeared in magazines, journals, and anthologies. Her poem Makerspace was performed at the Glimmer Globe Theater, Cooperstown, NY. Rhonda was a resident poet at the Fish Factory Creative Centre, Iceland, and wrote in residence at Prospect Street Writers House, Vermont. She leads an open mic and several write-ins monthly, as well as occasional workshops.