Poem "Philadelphia" in Offshoots Journal

My poem “Philadelphia” has just appeared in Offshoots Journal! I wrote this on a scrap of paper when my train broke down in Philadelphia, and I was waiting for my Dad to drive up from DC and rescue me. I started thinking of the long drive ahead for him, and about how he has spent so much time over the years driving me to school, piano lessons, to the airport when I left home, picking me up when I come home. All my life he has been rescuing me. He always seemed a giant to me.

Read more in Offshoots Journal 13, goes great with a cup of joe: http://www.genevawritersgroup.org/offshoots/offshoots-13/