WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT BY BARBARA PRINCE
Ahead, the lodge’s light beckoned, as she listened to the wiccan coyote calls summoning her own wild buffalo-heart.
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SOMETIMES I FLY BY PIERRE SOTÉR
Sometimes I dream that I can fly
all by myself in my own sky,
I do
THE ASSASSIN’S CAUSE BY JAMES COX
There is no taming the tiger
There is no breaking the vow
When the heat comes and it rises
Go lie down, forget what you know
OF TIME AND LOVE BY JACK COOPER
Yet time – illusory –
is loveless
and love – absolute –
timeless
INSIDE THE TIDAL CAVE BY JOHN N. MILLER
I couldn’t see my shadow
lengthen or shorten. I had no watch.
What if I lose track of time,
get trapped in here and drown?
Would anybody find me?
A WALK IN THE PARK BY RICHARD LEBOVITZ
The park is quiet today.
No chimes of laughter
or clanging of bats.
Only the crunch of acorns,
their dreams of grandeur
shattering underfoot.
In the End: Climax By Mario Duarte
Rescue nothing but the fierce wings fluttering on the horizon—or our clamoring words above the abyss—in the end: bow to the radiance of la boca—sweat beading on the upper lip. Ultimately, we are only the meager cohorts of...
Read MoreFRIENDLY VISITING BY JONATHAN BRACKER
The church gave him Maria to visit, a white-haired plump
Little Italian-born lady who before Sunday Mass began
Happily stepped down the aisle to her seat
A NOT-SO-FOND FAREWELL BY MARY ANN PRESMAN
Therese smuggled two pink Daisy razors into the funeral home so she could do the job herself.
Read MoreELDERLORE BY CAROLYN CURTIS
When I moved in with my One True Soulmate back in 1994, we set about transforming the front yard of his Palo Alto home into 100% drought-adapted California native plants.
Read MoreA RISING BY JONATHAN BRACKER
Washing her face at the bathroom sink
She noticed a large soap bubble rise
Like an excursion balloon
To swiftly glisten before vanishing
WHEN LOSING A LEG, REPLACE WITH CHIHUAHUA BY SUSIE FOSTER HALE
If I am lucky, he will gently rest his head in my palm for a chin scratch. In those moments of treaty, he is no longer the alien invader in our house. Mom smiles down at him and then back up at me. She is happy, and the borders of my fear begin to subside.
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