Poetry

Poetry

For Hildegard

Her twelfth season tending / to my garden, she turns the soil Joan Mazza
Poetry

Oranges

When my smell came back, I caught / a whiff of lapsang souchong steeping John Minczeski
Poetry

Garden Fires

In May I pulled away winter’s weeds, / spread manure, and fastened new Elaine Reardon
Poetry

Ollie Ollie 

Giggling, she runs from the family room couch / where I sit and count, both hands over my eyes. Carl “Papa” Palmer
Poetry

Little Gospel

At that time Jesus said, / Plant trees easy James Littwin
Poetry

Kaddish for Death and Childbirth קדיש

Her breath rose and fell / spaces between in and out growing wider Carole Fults
Poetry

Melody

I swallow my sorrow, but cannot / digest it, so I tranquilize it into Mike Wilson
Poetry

Elbow Grease

He tosses his life’s work in Tuesday’s trash / and corkscrews down a hole of despair, Mike Wilson
Poetry

Hiding and Seeking

Fingering the small, smooth stones / in my bag, we ride the subway to Queens, Anne Maren-Hogan
Poetry

Belief

In ancient Rome, those who would inherit the land / were given an amulet, complete Shaun McMichael
Poetry

The 5:23

At 5:09, 14 minutes to train time / corner of 34th and 7th / a voice shouts Gay Norton Edelman
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Abraham

Not every child you choose chooses you back. / But I heard only what I longed to hear. Sons. Kristin Camitta Zimet
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