Sugar

One bite then the mad-
ness begins. Binge-stuffing my
face. Swallowing whole.

Nostalgia

She cried at the film’s
end, remembering how much
she’d once loved the book.

Best day ever

Post-audition, she
was mobbed with requests, star-to-
be in student films.

Surviving St. Patrick’s Day

for Cathy

Too sick for green beer
she stayed home, watched bad films of
leprechaun horror.

Ides of March

‘Beware!’ Caesar was
told. Like teens in horror films
he didn’t listen.

WV Oscar night tradition

They walk the carpet.
We eat takeout Chinese and
scream for our favorites.

Oscars’ best dressed

Bjork’s swan an urban
red carpet legend. Today
beauty takes no risks.

Oscar red carpet

So hungry but the
dress fits stumble past photogs
smile stop nod pose smile.

Night before the Academy Awards

Dreams of Oscars like
sugarplums dance in their heads.
Hollywood’s Christmas.

February dilemma

What of those born on
the 29th, their birthday
once every four years?