road tripA poem by Cynthia Bernard road trip happily ever afteris not a smooth glidedown a freshly-paved highwayin a pristine silver Mercedesunder clear skies the road can be bumpyand some of those potholesare decades oldand pretty darn deepsometimes we cruise... Continue Reading →
Ode to Waze A poem by Faith Paulsen Ode to Waze Guide me, cartoon bubble on wheels.Chirp Where to? and hear my supplication.Because a guardian timekeeper in the sky determines location by measuring time, I can choose the most direct route to my... Continue Reading →
Weeds A poem by Marie Donnelly WeedsWhy is it that I feel so satisfiedwhen my fingers are pressed around the root?(I’ve already removed the fragile earth surrounding the weed.)And when I begin top u l lit feels like I am... Continue Reading →
Kaleidoscope A poem by Sheila Wellehan Kaleidoscope Friends and familywere forever, sturdy and stableas my church’s stained-glass windows,I believed as a child.But people come and go,a sequence of shifting shapesand hues—a kaleidoscope,whirling patterns and swirling palettes,tumbling pieces of mirror and... Continue Reading →
The Inspiring of Molly HeaddA poem by Patrick Deeley The Inspiring of Molly Headd While rummaging among dust-furred bits and piecesjumbled under a bedand seeming to belong to no-one,you find a womanabout whom the world – if it ever supposed... Continue Reading →
To the Man I Passed On My Way to Trader Joe’s A poem by Nina Avedon To the Man I Passed On My Way to Trader Joe’s No, it was not the artificial limbattached to the runner’s build—I hadn't scanned... Continue Reading →
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