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A Sonnet for the Pantry Rachel Larensen

A Sonnet for the Pantry

December 09, 2023

A Sonnet for the Pantry From East Indies Raj to the British isle, With Allspice, Onion, Clove and Cochineal, To tempt a queen and rule a Vir...

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Blue Face Jefferson Singer

Blue Face

December 07, 2023

Blue Face The blue face of my digital clock, the soles of my black shoes, the zippered pocket of my favorite fleece, garden gloves sporting ...

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Closets Diane Funston

Closets

December 05, 2023

Closets I spend my morning time by a line of hanging garments; fingering textures which allow my hands to deftly feel softness still accessi...

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Shape-Shifter Susan Marie Powers

Shape-Shifter

December 01, 2023

Shape-Shifter How many changes must I undergo? From a child to a woman? From a woman into dust? Live in one state and then another? Quit a j...

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Death of a Beloved Cat Jefferson Singer

Death of a Beloved Cat

November 29, 2023

Death of a Beloved Cat A Golden Shovel with lines from Stanley Kunitz’s “The Testing Tree” He was a cat so smart we had in-         jokes on...

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The Closet as She Left It LindaAnn LoSchiavo

The Closet as She Left It

November 27, 2023

The Closet as She Left It Deprived by his wife’s absence, grieving guts My father.  The cremation over now, Her ashes urned and glowing with...

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Where the Fallen Stars Go Petrouchka Alexieva

Where the Fallen Stars Go

November 25, 2023

Where the Fallen Stars Go Fallen stars are gift From the generous moon. Clouds shimmer when stars Land on their silky pillows. Some land on ...

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