when clay dries A poem by Jaweerya Mohammad when clay dries grandma’s skin on her arms is soft like dough, drips like melted ice cream, paper thin. I pinch a fleshy chunk, trace the blue river of veins, inspect the... Continue Reading →
Dance with me A poem by Holly Payne-Strange Dance with me Hope dances like sunlight through water, a ballet of twisting gold that undulates on bare skin. There is a shipwreck off the cost of San Juan where saffron fish... Continue Reading →
Losing Sofia A poem by Marlena Eva Losing Sofia When you died the sky lowered on me and so I ended up fighting with God. He should not have taken you so early but you insisted on leaving. You insisted... Continue Reading →
Worry Coins A poem by Jacqueline Jules Worry Coins I used to have so many they jingled in my pocket. When I was younger, I spent them one after another, too often on worries too tiny to matter a month... Continue Reading →
Robin’s Song A poem by Ken Gierke Robin’s Song Traces of a Robin’s Egg In a time when a house well-kept, children fed, loved, was enough. When pilot and copilot were interchangeable. Mates for life, but one will outlast the... Continue Reading →
Ordinary Day A poem by Kathleen Fullerton Ordinary Day I change the cloth on the dining room table we rarely use. Open the china cabinet door spilling the smell of my grandmother’s apartment, after 20 years, sweet, cedar, Jean Naté, bites... Continue Reading →
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