Patricia Leslie

Welcome to my strand of the World Wide Web. Writing Toolbox: tip #10 Book Review sites for readers Subscribe to receive articles and tips every week in your inbox This week's article: Poetry & Story Settings Excepting the diner On the outskirts The town of Ladora At 3 a.m. Was dark but For my headlights And up in One second-story room A single light Where someone Was sick or Perhaps reading As I drove past At seventy Not thinking This poem Is for whoever Had the light on This

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