Marlis M. Manley Broadhead

Looking good, Girlfriend. I hope you have a sparkly, laughy, let's-do-it-again kind of birthday. And let's get our annual coffee soon. A hug

Glad to have your company on this next lap around the sun. Many happy returns. ??

Posted on: Jul 13, 2022 at 10:38 AM

Oh happy day, Girlfriend! We’re still circling O’ Sol. May all your wishes come true today and one surprise more. A hug

Posted on: Dec 31, 2021 at 3:00 PM

Hi, Eileen! I would love to have a catch up with an old friend in the new year. I’ll email you, but perhaps we could meet up at Black Dog coffee shop on 87th next week. They have spaced the tables and all wear masks. (I’ve had my booster.) Did you see my Emily was born in 1984? Talk soon.

Hi Marlis, you look great. I hope you will come to the last reunion in the Fall. Would love to see you!

Posted on: Sep 16, 2021 at 3:45 PM

Hey, Louie, on my next trip to Wichita, let's round up Alfie and maybe Carol and brunch into the late afternoon.

My poem for Sidonie, sent a few months before she died

SOMEONE I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN WITH ME

Looking for Sidonie in strange places

I expect her to yawn and stretch

from behind the pages of old text books

I thought I saw her blonde reflection

in a glassblower's swan, her favorite shade of purple

but it was only a girl with smooth thighs

that had never felt insulin's daily bite 

a hint of her remains

in an old poem about Monkey Island

where her father finally hauled

the once yar Miss Quote onto the bank

and set fire to our summer of '64

and the Valdois' pond is a a vanished landmark

it shrank to nothing two or three droughts ago

the dock where we piled our graduation dresses

now a sun-bleached skeleton

Excited to launch my novel TROPHY GIRL, circa 1957 midwest dirt track racing. Hope to give readings in Wichita after the launch September 30th.