Poetry

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
Poetry

Abraham

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

Forgiveness

Listen for the story / of her life as it enters, / drifts of smoke in still air. M.S. Rooney
Poetry

Talon

Bobcat looks back / Her tendons steam / Eyes question compulsion to pounce Marjorie Gowdy
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Forgiveness

It mists up from the lakes, rivers, and oceans / like Rilke’s “Solitude,” stealing over us softly— Molly Lynde
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Sparrow

Be like a sparrow, that parakeet in drab. / Yes, teeter on Niagara’s brink, / but don’t be greedy. Drink… Richard Schiffman
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