The rulers stood on the sandand demandedthat the tide turn back.They even shot it.
Who shall blame the waterwhen they drown?
Gene Grabiner's poems have appeared in various journals, including: The American Journal Of Nursing, Main Street Rag, PoetLore, La Presa, Comstock Review, Connecticut River Review, Jewish Currents, Naugatuck River Review, Sandhill Review, and Slant. He is a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus. Ann Goldsmith writes that "Grabiner's compact poems celebrate the real, the unadorned, in their absolute integrity."
