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 →
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 →
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