Two Poems by Maggie Bowyer
Losing Sight
You were the first person
I reached towards,
A single, shaking arm
Four Poems by Katherine Anderson Howell
Morning Class in Washington, D.C.
A sparrow collides, fallsglass to concrete
Beak opens, body spasms.
A student looks:me, bird, back.
She wants...
Two Poems by Marianne Szlyk
Bellevue Library
I remember this library as hiddenin trees, perched on the hillside,pierced by birdsong.
I looked out from the second floorto see the oak trees, not the carsparked...
Two Poems by Rick Black
Brussel Sprouts in the Pandemic
As we kneelin this galaxyof lost stars,
the imprintof our handsin the earth
remains.The virus is spreading,and yet
we plantedBrussel sproutsyesterday—
and mustard...
Four Poems by Jacqueline Jules
Feathers in a Folktale
The rabbi told the gossipto rip open a pillowand release the feathersto the wind.
“Now bring them back,”the rabbi ordered.“Every single...
