.........................................by Pud Houstoun

Pud Houstoun, a long time member of the Jefferson Market Poetry Workshop, passed away. She will be missed by us all. I thought of Pud as a true New York City force of nature. She was indomitable in spirit and energy always going somewhere. An award winning poet and painter. She recently received a coveted POLLACK-KRASNER grant. Her paintings have appeared in many shows and her poems have been in Midwest Poetry Review, Rattapallax,, Token, Acorn, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Mobius and many others

STILL

A brooding emptiness

under the moon

drawn across the night,

time and tide linger

deep into the dark,

still as ice, broken only

by a sudden embrace.

If you need to contact her next of kin or find out any info regarding a memorial please contact me: Brent Pallas at email: sallap@aol.com