Rich Hanson's Poetry

Saint Francesca of Assisi

A woman turns her back on society to live with her dogs. She is forced to deal with a couple of bureaucrats in order to apply for assistance.

A Portrait in Love's Gallery

A love poem brimming with wonderful imagery, yet turning at the end upon an ending that can be read in a couple different ways

At the Gravesite of Richard Mentor Johnson

Thoughts while at the impressive gravesite monument to the man who claimed to have killed the Indian warrior Tecumseh.

Courtiers of Time

"Time" as our Lord and Master, and we its fawning courtiers

Remember Me Then

A wistful little love poem of no great pretentions