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Portend by John Muro

I can still hear the sad sweep of leaves that came from the branches of the ornamental beech like the strings of a harp that had been slowly struck, lifted and passed over by wind, causing me to once again think of you and the...

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Mockingbird by John Muro

Coarsened survivor of the cage-bird trade, morning finds you earth-bound, the color of chimney smoke, set upon gables, fence- posts and overhead wires where you are best able to see how day’s loneliness falls away, clouds softly...

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A Seasonal Overture by John Muro

I heard day’s footfall moments before it appeared upon my porch with its chafed hands and empty pockets, asking me to forego my errands and chores and to care enough to step outside and witness a world that was oddly still and...

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King David Young and Old by Paul Panish

1—A Sudden Love What drove those psalms across his seething brain? Something shocking? Something vast? Some blow, some shattering tremor in the bones?                                                      A sudden love. A...

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YOU DON’T BELONG BY SAVITA KRISHNAMOORTHY

happy has a smell tuberoses braided in jasmine intoxicating frangipani soothing the restless night w(h)isp/er of sandalwood incense ginger-infused tea in a a cardamom-clove-cinnamon-scented kitchen where memories linger first...

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HOLIDAY HABIT BY DAMON YEARGAIN

The turkey was placed upon the table a full five hours later than the Laurintzes’ invitation had said it would be. Tammy, their daughter, had gotten stuck in traffic on Highway 5 coming up from LA with her new boyfriend. I could...

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