Cold Spring Park A poem by Jane Attanucci Cold Spring Park I’m out the doornearly every day,something my mothernever did.To leave the houseuntended was, for her,unthinkable.So many children,like the woman in the shoe.Oldest daughter, I pushed the twins’stroller round &... Continue Reading →
Requiem A poem by Marietta Calvanico RequiemThe beach isn’t lonely on an autumn afternoon,Down by the jetty another four-wheeler turns, grinding and kicking up sand,Bait-diggers with shovels and pails, fishermen wading out knee-deep,I don’t miss the happy noise of past... Continue Reading →
The Lux HotelA poem by Patrick Deeley The Lux Hotel The carpet flows full and tenderas moss under our feet.The windows tilt and turnon the pivot of a thoughtto afford us day or night. Servicesecond-guesses everythingwe want, and when. We... Continue Reading →
Lone Aunt Maude A poem by Judith Waller Carroll Lone Aunt MaudeEvery Christmasmy mother got a cardfrom Logan, Kansas,from the aunt she hadn’t seensince she was a child.A card with a winter sceneand a plain-spoken messagesigned at the bottom:LoveAunt Maude,the... Continue Reading →
rose park tennis camp 1973 (for ms walker) A poem by Brian Gilmore rose park tennis camp 1973 (for ms walker)in the morning like the prosat wimbeldon we wear white.listen to a tiny black womanwho thinks this is the marines.she... Continue Reading →
Saturday Matinee"A Universal Question" by Kathleen Maule Holen. Previously performed at the Jersey City Theatre Center in 2022 as part of a readers theatre presentation of short plays on the topic of strength. A UNIVERSAL QUESTIONA short playBy Kathleen Maule... Continue Reading →