Asking For Money on Broadway
the woman wants money for
a grilled cheese sandwich
she says gimme money so
I can buy a grilled cheese
I’m hungry too
I’m on my way to the store
to buy whatever I want
it’s the aggressiveness
in the way she asks and her tone
not directing her eyes towards
anyone in particular
and that she’s so drugged up
that make me not want to give her
money
so I act like I don’t see her at all
Mother Said
don’t be in such a rush
my mother said
don’t rip the tag off
you’ll tear it
use a scissor
she advised
don’t fill up on bread
my mother said
don’t eat so fast
she said
you sound like
a fishwife when
you talk that way
she chided
people will like you
if you smile
Nora Howard’s poetry can be seen in Light Through The Mist: A Shorthand Anthology 2018, The Amethyst Review 2022, 27th Annual Poetry Ink (Anthology), and 28th Annual Poetry Ink (Anthology), Moonstone Press. Her recent (first) chapbook maybe it’s like this was published by Moonstone Press in 2024. Her interests include people, language, dreams nature and the mysterious events of life. Her work relates to the female experience. A visual artist and a poet, Nora Howard lives in New York City. Her focus is on the fleeting moment, the passage of time and human interactions.
Nora taught in public schools and worked as a real estate salesperson in New York City. She spent five years painting in her studio at the South Florida Art Center in Miami Beach before returning to New York. Nora Howard has two children and a granddaughter.
The Marbled Sigh 