Narcissus ~ Gerda Mayer What he liked in her voice was his name called over & over and the mirrorlike look in the weeping eyes of his lover; in the end, left her on a chill mountain shelf, in a damp cave with her wits and her words astray, to devote himself to himself. Then […]
Kitchen Magic ~ Lysbeth Em Benkert Mom does long division. that number sits under a roof, where the other knocks on the door, where the pieces drop out below, getting smaller maybe a de ci mal. some days it sums zero, other days there’s a remainder. she never uses a calculator.
Today, I Joined the Resistance ~ Theodora Goss Today, I stood under the blue arc of the sky and said, all these people passing by are my sisters, my brothers. The children playing in the parks, running after balls or swinging, legs stretched out, up and down and back up again, laughing for no reason, […]
Snake in Phoenix ~ Sharon Suzuki-Martinez If I had to describe the movement of the snake crossing a road in Phoenix this summer morning, ……………I would not say ……………………..it slithered, …………..but rather, ………………………………..she shimmered ……………………flowing before traffic ………………………………………………..like a deathless river in a dust city.
Epitaph ~ Elinor Wylie For this she starred her eyes with salt And scooped her temples thin, Until her face shone pure of fault From the forehead to the chin. In coldest crucibles of pain Her shrinking flesh was fired And smoothed into a finer grain To make it more desired. Pain left her lips […]
