Rachel Burns
!['Dad's 75th birthday party after the heart attack by Rachel Burns' in black text on white with half a small Friday Poem yellow blob disappearing from the right hand side.](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Rachel-Burns-320x225.jpg)
Dad’s 75th birthday party after the heart attack
by Rachel Burns — and my brother in the kitchen / arguing with dad over who’s making the brew / and how to work the hob to reheat stew ...
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I drove all the way to Cape Disappointment
Rachel Burns takes a close look at the opening poem of frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss
![Escape](https://thefridaypoem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Escape-Rachel-Burns-320x225.jpg)
Escape
by Rachel Burns — Suddenly, I’ve time warped like in that German TV show / where everyone listens to cool eighty tunes on a Walkman. // I’m fifteen again, sat on the top of the double decker / with best friend, Kat. Look, we are sharing a long menthol