Seeing by Holly Mason
I.
“Koi,” in Japanese,
is homophonic for the word “love.”
Koi fish can recognize
the person that feeds them.
Circling your mother’s pond,
they open their wide mouths
to vanish the pellets.
II.
Klimt’s ladies in...
The Shallows by Jody Bolz
A new poem by Jody Bolz, originally published in Bourgeon Vol. 2 # 3
Two Poems by Mike McDermott
Pas de Deux
In our choreography, Dad and I
had three types of dance:
the shower, the stairs, and the car.
The shower’s dance was a slow kabuki-
like affair, where each...
Dark Energy by Susan Mockler
Ed. Note: Another in our series of poems from poets who participated in Arlington Writers Resist on January 15, 2017
—for the parents of the children at Sandy...
Two Poems by Megan Alpert
Island
She would cry every time we put her in the carriage. That was all right, and the way I had to lean sideways to make her sleep....
