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...
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...
Patriotism Reconsidered by Lucinda Marshall
Ed. Note: Another in our series of poems by writers who participated in Arlington Writers Resist.
My anthem is the serenade of birds,
sung without regard for map lines
delineating...
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...
Voice, Myth, and Memory in “The Music of the Aztecs” Anthology
By Jessica Purdy
Editor's Note: This week, in lieu of poems, we present a review of a new anthology of DC-area...
