Single A life she lived. but never truly loved, except for spare moments, when the floor boards creaked, under children’s feet, and the man inside, brought her flowers. Something seemed lost, in the familiar routine. Marriage was maze. of hidden threats, and hard won bets, and suddenly a stranger, was sleeping next door. Finding a letter, left on his last day. No hint of regret, she read between […]
Jeannie E. Roberts | Birth…and Release
Birth Let egg embryo germ and generation descent and derivation root in the source of her origin let seed stem well ripen until her life-force unshackles from shell. — Release ―for Mother She lives in mist, she lives in moon, where starlit nights display. She lives near banks, where currents turn, where river’s rush is cradled, where wilderness resides. She lives near cliffs, where swallows nest, where ferns and […]
Gerald Stanek | Sighting…and Compassion
Sighting through twilight she moves towards me luminous gossamer spanning the eastern sky amidst thousands deep in darkness I crave her notice but a call, gesture or breath would disenchant she is metaphor one of myriad masks embodied grace radiating equally on all yet I see my not the beloved at last her gentle gaze pierces my heart I am raised a clarion rings over the valley someone’s phone flashes […]
Leslee Goodman | ‘The curse’…and a blessing
I KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN EVENTUALLY. It had already to most of my friends. Mom had even told me what to expect before she died—before we even went to the Dominican Republic, the summer before I started junior high. Still, it was a shock to stand up from the toilet and see blood in the water. I yelped like a stepped-on puppy and stared, fascinated, at the clot of red […]
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