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 →
Minor Defects Will Not Affect WearA poem by Tricia McCallum Minor Defects Will Not Affect Wear How can you care notFor this earthly life?Even with its vagaries,Its ragtag beginnings,Unspeakable endings.Remember howThe latte at the corner café that late afternoonArrived as... Continue Reading →
Friends A poem by Sarah Russell FriendsI heard her story on the plane from Pittsburghto LA, smiled politely, shut my laptop, listened,nodded. She was going to meet a childhood friend,discovered on Facebook after sixty years. I walkedwith her to the... Continue Reading →
Tick...Tick...Tick...A poem by Peter M. Gordon Tick…Tick…Tick… I host a bomb in my body.Only doctors who read scans see it.Sometimes I can feel its ticking.Sometimes I can forget it’s there. Sarcoidosis, doctors name it. Latinword makes it sound scientific.Perhaps we... Continue Reading →
The River A poem by Rosalie Sanara Petrouske The River (For Dee, with love)My sister said,the day we are born,a date is chosen for usto leave life.We don’t know whenor how soon.My mother used to say this too.As a child... Continue Reading →
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