Everything, Anything “Find everything you’re looking for?” a clerk asks and I say, “I’m still looking for world peace.” “Can I get you anything else?” a nurse asks and I say, “Yes, a safe haven for refugees.” For a millisecond, their faces soften as they take a deep breath of imagining then laugh or shake their heads or commiserate. For a few minutes we might even discuss our planet’s highest […]
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Karen Robiscoe | Rain-catcher
He was a wayfaring work of peace, a wind traveler –alone (save a dog that glowed) and tender of spirits bottles brimming with Soul, man ~and some accumulated fluff~ flasks filled with rain, and tied to his belt with bows– –bows gathered from foggy frontlines, and a different draft to war– he wore flasks. Cruets— he had cruets. Charmed arm bands dripping with tears, and stopped (at the top) with […]
Lynn B. Green | Live in the gray
Twenty for dinner The guests young and old Bring a bottle of red And let the conversation unfold We all agree the world is a horrible mess We’ve all played a part Yet we’re afraid to confess Do you take a two-minute shower Or a deep soak in the tub Would you have an abortion Or condemn someone who did Do you get a new Prius every two years Or […]
Annette Gagliardi | Ain’t this child a person?
Ramble on about needs of the future– the sins of the past; the passion of youth–so sure it won’t last. Rhetoric don’t feed hungry mouths put a roof over my head, nor educate the illiterate. And ain’t this child a person, too? Your money doesn’t darken the door of my needs, your banter glides untouched over my head. Politicians plot–they plan with numbers. Do the best with what we got. […]
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