The Old Wooden Ladder Danny P. Barbare We welcome west-coaster Danny Barbare to our pages. His poetry has appeared in Santa Barbara Review and Writing Ulster. On the Internet, his poetry has most recently appeared in Free Verse Poetry Journal, Poet's Cut, The Southern Wind, and Pittsburgh Quarterly. Email comments to Danny Return to Archive

The old wooden ladder wobbles and squeaks. Sometimes I wonder if I can trust it beneath my feet, but from now and so forth much the old wooden ladder has been faithful as such.