A Quiet Place of Note (A Poem)

By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Based on a trip taken several years ago to a small park near a massive mall in Oceanside, Ca. There were patches of woods there with trails that ran around the side of a steep incline. You could see the vast sprawl of the city from the top. It was

Court of Cats (A Poem)

By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: A poem composed a while back, based around keywords such as “lawyer,” “cats,” and “woods.” Hope you like it!] Have you ever known the legend   related to those fog-filled woods   near a certain town in the Southwest       where on every full-moon evening       small and clever community