Muffled and mixed
with the click, click, click
of life in the water below
children’s voices
lilting, happy noises
help keep me afloat
and ease my soul
i drift
and stretch
atop the calm
the receding sun is milder
the people
heading home
Kurt grabs my toes
and tugs
I roll and smile
and dive below
a school of silver fish
weave to and fro
and I chase two
of blue, yellow and green
so bright
I want to catch their colors
to keep them near
when I feel wrong
to remind me
of the moment
the sea
its song
and the sound of the children
at play in the drink
while parents on the shore
urge them in
to eat
to end their soaked
and salty day
as Kurt and I
move merrily through
the gentle glow
of the setting sun
reflecting gold
on the mellow waves
and the easy flow
of our quiet lives
Author: Anne Celano Frohna
I have been writing for as long as I could hold a pencil in hand and would not feel complete without it.
And I actually made a meager living at it (and as an editor) for 25 years.
I worked for newspapers and magazines, in graphic arts and advertising, and wrote several local history books.
But I have also taught English in Japan, been a Nanny/family chef in Italy, worked in and for museums, was an Airbnb Superhost for four years, as well as an Etsy shop owner, where I sold vintage items I found over the years at thrift stores and yard sales.
After moving to Arizona with my family in 2010, I completed a series of different writing projects, including two books of creative non-fiction:
Just West of the Midwest: a comedy (Based on journals I kept during my two years as an English teacher in rural Japan.)
Within Close Range: short stories of an American Childhood (Short stories and poems about growing up as the middle of five children in suburban Chicago.)
But in the past few years, I have found my voice in poetry.
I am a mother of two wonderful girls, Eva (28) and Sophia (26) and wife to one wonderful husband, Kurt.
In 2023, with our girls grown and off on their own, my husband and I packed up our things and moved to the tip of Italy’s heel, to the Salento region, where I continue to work on my poetry, as well as a new fiction project, "The Butter Diaries", which I completed this spring and published on Wordpress. I also spend a good deal of time indulging in my passion for mosaics - all of which you can view on my Instagram page @ acfrohna.
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