Wondering What Could Have Been
Wondering What Could Have Been by Lauren Taub Cohen She grew up beside the rumble of trains clamoring on tracks and imagined that one day...
Discordance
Discordance by Lauren Taub Cohen The mirage of the past becomes a solid, menacing threat when I respond to the present as if I am trapped...
Mount Koya
Mount Koya The moss-covered history rests like a softly sung sutra beneath the sleepy sun’s groggy light.
Ordinary Magnificence
I wrote "Ordinary Magnificence" this time last year when I realized how I had let doubts and assumptions hinder me from doing what I've...
Wander to Awaken
Wander to Awaken by Lauren Taub Cohen Tolkien famously wrote, “Not all those who wander are lost.” He almost got it right. As a wanderer...
Inseparable
Writing in-and-of-itself can be a microcosm for life. The other day my goal was to edit a poem I wrote last spring, but what came out of...
Outside the Lines
Sometimes living in NYC is just a bit too much for me. I wrote this poem during one of those frequent, daydreaming spells where I imagine...
Daring to be Me
This morning, I sat down to read and, a mere five sentences into reading, the first stanza of "Daring to be Me" swooped in and snagged my...
Finding Ease, Not Sleep
I have written another poem, which I wanted to share with all of you. I am like a giddy child lacking patience on her day for...
Remember to Remember
I have found that physical pain, even more than emotional pain, can rock my foundation. It's remarkable how quickly my mind spins with...
