Cleaning David Bowie’s Apartment, 1973, London’s West End.A poem by Tricia McCallum Cleaning David Bowie’s Apartment, 1973, London’s West End. It was like any other apartment on my roster.Untidy, untended.They all look the same.Tea stains mottled the kitchen sink,and the... Continue Reading →
Defying Emily A poem by F.D. Defying Emilyafter Emily Dickinson’s “Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers”The cold Virginia earth swallowed you eight years ago,willow oak and fledgling redbud roots, awake and incensed,snaked around your coffin, an invulnerable embrace. Butyou’re not “Safe”... Continue Reading →
The Garden SeatA poem by Patrick Deeley The Garden Seat Though there is the cracked bedroom ceilingand the scraping front gate, we give precedenceto restoring the garden seat. It mends usin return. Where flowers grow or die,how generously the sun... Continue Reading →
A Disconnected Memory A poem by Lylanne Musselman A Disconnected MemoryIn a quaint café I dine alone, hungryfor breakfast. Happy for some me time.I journal while waiting for a Belgian Waffle,blueberries and bacon; sipping coffee, I look up –notice everyone... Continue Reading →
RowingA poem by J. K. Durick RowingFirst, you push off from the dock.How hard you push is up to you.Push off with your foot or handThen fix the oars, then take your seatAnd begin to row.You row into it, facing... Continue Reading →
Moving A poem by Marcia Mitrowski Moving When I left my long island, how the skyrolled up into itself, five hundred milesto my new location, pieces of it tucked away now at the corners of old houseswhere I miss its... Continue Reading →
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