Variation on a Theme by Elizabeth Bishop By John Murillo Start with loss. Lose everything. Then lose it all again.Lose a good woman on a bad day. Find…
Christmas 2020, I Imagine -Sherry waking up early to put the final crimp on the crust of her pie -Jim, as a child in Colorado, sledding in the snow wi…
From Katherine's Patreon when the day’s tender merciesleave you standing on the cornerof empty pocket and blue dusklet the quiet move your eyestowards…
But there is another and simpler reason the war has been forgotten: people wanted to forget it. It had gone on for so many years, had destroyed so muc…
“song at midnight” by Lucille Clifton. This poem has an epigraph at the beginning: “…do not send me out / among strangers” from Sonia Sanchez. brother…
Crossroads, by Louise Glück My body, now that we will not be traveling together much longer I begin to feel a new tenderness toward you, very raw and …
The part of lifedevoted to contemplationwas at odds with the partcommitted to action. * Fall was approaching.But I rememberit was always approachingon…
Only one thing has united D.C. residents as much as a national trophy from the Nats, Mystics or Caps. Covid-19. This town has nearly unanimously hunke…
