One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — the Mona Lisa is the story of a woman’s smile; the ceiling of the Sistine ...

Anton Stephan is a longtime Rochester resident, with a background in education, where he worked for over 30 years. He is now retired. The Post Bulletin publishes poetry by local and area writers every ...