Broken NailA poem by Sonia Chauhan Broken Nail Pink winter eveningAnd my hand draped over your settee.Slack, unknowing, A doe resting under a log.A tap on my socked footFills blood in my finger pads.Another tap, this time onthe broken nail in the middle.The... Continue Reading →
Call Me Greedy A poem by Marcia Mitrowski Call Me GreedyGive me a bowl of happiness,black cherries reigning without birdsdancing about in a tango of pecks.Dress me in silk from golden corncobsstripped before boiling or fire roasting,I’ll collect a zillion... Continue Reading →
While In Italy A poem by Andrea Potos While In ItalyLuccaWe had no map, wanderingnarrow, curving lanes, we foundan old weaving shop that boremy mother’s name la tela di Penelope.She hadn’t been gone one year yet stillI felt her beside... Continue Reading →
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 →
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