Poetry

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
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Talon

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

Forgiveness

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

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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House of Bread

I once spent an afternoon in Laja. / A small town on the Bolivian altiplano, / Laja is a village… Nancy Thomas
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Tranquility

Ceasefires rarely last, / But wonders never cease. / And I’ve heard how once on Christmas Eve David Cameron
Poetry

The Garden of Adam

In the beginning, God hocked a wad of holy spit / into the dust, slushed it around, and rolled out Tamara Kreutz
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