SAND IN MY SUITCASE BY JENNIFER GURNEY
There is sand in My suitcase from Michigan And as I unpack I save a bit of it Just to be able to Touch it When I need to be Transported home Again
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ART OF SCIENCE BY DEAN Z. DOUTHAT
Friedrich Schiller: “Art is the daughter of freedom.” I am not alone in believing his ‘Ode to Joy’ was actually code for ‘Ode to Freedom’ which would be censored in his time. In German, this would scan: ‘Freude’ or ‘Freiheit’....
Read MoreROLLIN HOT – 8.8 BY RON MOE
I’m pretty terrified – but why? This is what I need. I feel like I did at that mailbox, 30 or so years ago and it was accepted – and it won! I met Ray Bradbury at the banquet with his Auntie Neva, then good happened. I need to...
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LAST CALL BY P. A. FARRELL
The men’s bar is packed with attractive men with carefully sculpted bodies, tight jeans and leather jackets. To reach a table, the four of us envision squeezing through bodies that are jammed up against each other as though by...
Read MoreSTAR-FILLED NIGHT SKY BY JENNIFER GURNEY
The star-filled night sky My head on your chest and I Can hear your heartbeat Forty years ago We were young and innocent Our very first kiss
Read MoreLAST TIME IN LONDON BY JENNIFER GURNEY
The last time I was in London Was 20 years ago How is that even possible It feels like maybe a year or two Or at most five I remember in detail Arriving at the Covent Garden station And lugging our bags up The out-of-order...
Read MoreI WATCH YOU GET RUN OVER BY A TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY BY JENNIFER GURNEY
I watch you Get run over by a truck In my driveway I am home During the pandemic Teaching virtually I see it through My living room window And hear the screaming I run to assist Bringing blankets for shock while Someone calls...
Read MoreTHE FLOOR FELT LIKE QUICKSAND BY MARISA CIMBAL
We were a couple for twelve years before deciding to become parents, four years living together, and eight years married. Together we made a commitment to alter our life path. We saw hope and possibility; conflict and pain would...
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