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To the Boundless -- in All Who Enter


Welcome to the Turret of my Author's Castle !


This is where I do most of my writing.




Hi! I'm Rosemarie. I am glad you came to visit me where I write!


As a writer, I enjoy interviewing people, reading, surfing the net. I like to email and receive email


Email is welcome anytime! [email protected]


I am pleased that writings of mine have been published.


See my books at my Author's Castle or my AuthorsDen

I have written articles and poems.

My article on Jacquline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis has been published
in The St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, edited by Tom Pendergast and
Sara Pendergast. 5 Vols. Farmington Hills, Michigan, St. James Press, 1999
which is available from Amazon.com. or from Gale Group Product Catalog


I wrote on Afghanistan. Its war with the Soviet Union and the ethical implications of the 9/11 attack.
�Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989),� appeared in the ABC-CLIO Encyclopedia of World Military History, Spring 2002.

"Neither Afghan nor Islam" in Ethnicities, London: Sage Publications Ltd., June 2002.

I wrote an article on my musician friends, the Memory Brothers. It was published in the Culture section of the July/August 1999 issue of the The Iowan Magazine. Visit Doug at his home page.



Doug Koempel and the Memory Brothers



Of the poems I have written, I have my favorites.


In the early morning hours

In the early morning hours
a drop of rain falls on the window pane --
while I breakfast with you.

In the early morning hours
a ray of candle light
shines within my sight --
while I breakfast with you.

In the early morning hours
the raindrops trickle
as my toast I nibble --
while I breakfast with you.

In the early morning hours
I look across the table --
Thankful I can breakfast with you.

� Rosemarie Skaine

My Horse and My Twin

Why would my horse
Want to spend an afternoon
Riding around in the semi�s trailer
With my Gemini twin?

He is supposed to
Look after me, not her!
But then, maybe he is
Looking after me.
� Rosemarie Skaine

Wages of War

He had telephoned her.
It was time for her to meet the train.
He had not wanted her to go;
He had sent no money.

She asked a passerby for help.
"He wants me to come, but
He has one more thing to do.
Can you loan me the fare?"

Their child clung to her breast.
"Lock him in the garage, and
He won�t cry anymore."
Said the passerby.

"No,
I�ll hold him, and
He won�t cry anymore."
She told the passerby.

II

"You�ve got a window!"
The radar intercept officer called.
He stepped out onto his wing and saw
She was doubled over on the ground.

She was crying uncontrollably before
The locked door of the garage
That kept their child
Forever from him.
� Rosemarie Skaine


She was writing a song.

He wanted to see the song
Before it was sung.

I came all this way on my bike
with this child of yours on my back
to hear your song.

She clasped the paper to her breast
That held her unwritten song.
� Rosemarie Skaine


Read more of my poems at My AuthorsDen



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Rosemarie's Author's Castle
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A Tribute to Dad, Warren V. Keller
Family and Friends
My Vacation in Greece
Rosemarie's Page at the University of Northern Iowa

Rosemarie's Page in the Internet Directory of Published Writers
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