Friday, May 1, 2026

THE DEAD By Susan Isla Tepper

 A forgotten room 

I recognized everyone

I recognized no one

Looking happy

They looked my way

Turning their heads away

I saw my mother

Turn her head away

In the torpid silence

A friend in polio irons

From childhood days.





Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty year writer in all genres. Her most recent book, a Novel titled Hair Of A Fallen Angel, came out in the fall from Spuyten Duyvil Books, NYC. Tepper has also written 7 stage plays. Her third play titled EVA & ADAMO will present at The Tank, NYC, early fall. www.susantepper.com