Spotlight on: Poetry
Acquired Tastes
Sweet as the gift of sunlight on snowy mornings in midwinter, the garden spread like caster sugar, the harvest table gilded in honey, the carpet […]
Elysium
Just an open patch of ground.The road dipped in a valley.We had a throwing stickfor the dog’s yellow ball and the dog looked overher shoulder, […]
and we are not liars, but this isn’t the truth
don’t be the hopeless man don’t smile like christ whenthe first spike is driven home this is different, is meant to be beautiful,a nation of […]
Falling Asleep
while listening to your voice, its energetic cadence, the wealthy murmur of your laugh spiting grief, pain, the whole past-tense flashback shebang, I feel erased, […]
To Make My Heart
With apologies to those reading on mobile phones, this piece needs to be shown as a whole, including its illustration by Jerry Silverberg. Bookmark for […]
Morning in the City
I awake, heart quickening its beat, fingers slowly unraveling, gently looking for love in your still sleeping body, while, elsewhere in my brain, old grievances […]
My Grandfather’s Chalet
Mosquitos made their home in the knees of cypress trees casting shade over the chalet, on the lakeshore. Water ripples with the whisper of their […]
