Epilogue by Neelam Patel
I hate you with the sharpness of the edges of a Viking's teeth
I hate you from every part of my body - from my ankles, my knees...
Kitchen Fire by Kate Horowitz
In the photo of the kitchen fire,
We are dressed for Christmas:
Me in a flammable hand-me-down jacket,
Her in her costume jewelry
And her Edward Scissorhands t-shirt.
The scene is blurred...
The Beginning of Prayer by Sarah Katz
My father, tangled in the height of adolescence,
wept outside Old Saint Paul’s Church as spring died,
reading Desiderata. The poem lay inscribed
in rock at the rear of the...
On Other Birds by Kelly Ann Jacobson
Through the harsh whistle of a
bullying Blue Jay from the feeder,
the Common Yellowthroat’s
wichity-wichity-wichity,
we find our own through bill and tap
and rhythmic drumming on drainpipe,
bone against bone.
So much...
True Story Metaphors by Diana Smith Bolton
True Story Metaphor for My Parents' Divorce
In this shrinking house, I am still growing,
my wrist gripped between window and sill,
one toe pinched in neat joists.
Our mother’s footsteps...
