Category: Published Issues
Passages—in memory of Jack Myers
by Marian Aitches 1 One by one, birds fly through the wide hall — shadows on fire – lit walls brighter than the
On Time
by Bruce Spang Do you hear the soft ohhs in the mist? These are sighs of God. They do not matter to the man — late, no doubt — who taps at his
Two comments on craft taken from his letters to Bruce Spang
Jack Myers — two comments on craft taken from his letters to Bruce Spang I. Form In my own writing, I strive to have all the
Misogi
by Daryl Morazzini While the world sleeps, I bath under cold flowing waters, hands clasped in prayer. The ancestral spirits
Able to Say It—missing Jack Myers
by Naomi Shihab Nye So, the years go by and we find a few doors and windows. Some are always open, some were never open. Because we are crazy and
Changes
by Harriet Sohmers Zwerling Now that I cannot do it alone, my tall son leads me into the chilly waters of the bay where I float above the jagged
I Am Absent, But Deep In This Absence—after a line by Juana de Ibarbourou
by Leslie Ullman a prickling like tiny, almost downy cactus thorns that work their way through leather gloves sometimes settles at the
Precarious
by Leslie Ullman Balance in moving parts: the rider spurring her horse on a straightaway before she remembers to reach down and tighten the girth
This Scar—After a line by Fernando Lisboa
by Leslie Ullman Lord, forgive me if I don’t look for you beneath vaulted ceilings built by canonical money and generations of peasants sweating
Gone Fishing—for Jack Myers
by Andrea Blancas Beltran You never told me You were leaving When I asked. You just propped up Your fishing pole