Empty Suitcase A poem by Melanie Civin Kenion Empty SuitcaseIn my baggage I carry broken dreams, wishes unfulfilled, hopes for more. Empty promises, mistakes repeated. Regrets, sorrows, excuses. I rest the suitcase on a scale to see if it weighs too much. I add, rejection from a man... Continue Reading →
The Caesarean A poem by Sam Szanto The Caesarean The woman’s body, white as the walls, is laid upon the operating table a choir of masks above her her husband’s face among them, her flesh screened off to conceal the... Continue Reading →
Story Telling A poem by Ed Ahern Story Telling Oral family history is of its shifting nature blotched by secrets: misrememberings, overstatements, embellishments, and flat out lies. Those who still know will rarely admit that their cousin was a suicide;... Continue Reading →
A Secret A poem by Claire Coenen A Secret When I crack openthe doorbeyondmy thinking,I find starrybouquetsof color—crimson,apricot, and yellownear the thresholdlike dahliaslongingto touch my face,to widen my eyesso I may seethe wavesof pulsing light,alive and fragrantlike loveyearningto shareher secrets.I breathe... Continue Reading →
Civilized Fights A poem by Tasneem Khan Civilized Fights My friend said that she and her partner Have very civilized fights, Impressed, I wanted to know, ‘How do you do that?’ Even as I imagined A bill of rights posted on... Continue Reading →
Song of the Spirits A poem by Lea Galanter Song of the Spirits We create our own ghosts rising up from ancestral graveyards whispers moving through time all thin light and no action the sainted dead refuse to leave casting shadows on things theirs delicate as a... Continue Reading →
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