Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti gives a reading.
Ending the Drought by Elizabeth McBride It’s raining! We have waited for so long we hurry to our doorways and lean out to breathe the sweet brown smell of earth licked wet by drops that sip between roots of curled... Continue Reading →
Diminuendo by Kay Robertson Son dips wash cloth in warm water, soapsuds slip over latex-gloved hands, with gentle thoroughness, he washes his father’s thin-skinned, blue veined flesh. He holds the long-fingered hands, remembers Dad playing the piano. Memory of beloved... Continue Reading →
Jim by Peter M. Gordon After midnight at our thirty-fifth reunion I Walked away from the disco DJ and open bar Into a flagstone-covered side courtyard Ten gargoyles crouched on cornices Leered while I hummed the Melody Jim taught me... Continue Reading →
The Corner of Wells and Madison by Donal Mahoney I know that if I ever fall in the street the way that man did, in the middle of an intersection, someone will mind. But if unlike that man I make... Continue Reading →
ROAD BED by Don Kingfisher Campbell lying on her side like she was sleeping golden brown fur still absorbing morning sunlight so intact so peaceful cars drive around the feline we continue on asphalt in our metal machines swerve away... Continue Reading →
Poetry Breakfast 