On my dad’s 76th birthday,I spend an easy day with my son,Watching him play on the ground,Rolling a car back and forth.From my position on the couch,M…
Go to your broken heart.If you think you don't have one, get one.To get one, be sincere.Learn sincerity of intent by letting life enter, because you'r…
I’m your guide here. In the evening-dark morning streets, I point and name. Look, the sycamores, their mottled, paint-by-number bark. Look, the leaves…
Life is short, though I keep this from my children.Life is short, and I’ve shortened minein a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,a thousand deliciou…
"What was not, although it might have been... By Marilyn Hacker What was not, although it might have been worse than it was, was still a train wreck. …
Having a Coke with You is even more fun than going to San Sebastian, Irún, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonneor being sick to my stomach on the Travesera de G…
Birthday By Ana Božičević If the sky is such a clichéWhy is it falling?If the tree is such a cliché,Why is it dyingIf soul is such a clichéWhere is it…
The Argument by A. E. Stallings After the argument, all things were strange.They stood divided by their eloquenceWhich had surprised them after so muc…
Do not try to savethe whole worldor do anything grandiose.Instead, createa clearingin the dense forestof your lifeand wait therepatiently,until the so…
To be of use BY MARGE PIERCY The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almo…
