by Jeri McCormick | Nov 2, 2016 | Magazine Article
My brother and I conjured a swamp of black water,filled it with saw-toothed specimens, upping the anteof our basement games. Any trek downstairs meant taking the treacherous route—the jumpfrom the fifth stair onto a small castaway table,followed by the precarious...
by Janet Leahy | Aug 2, 2016 | Magazine Article
Poems swing from the clothesline strungbetween earth and skyShe wears the soft shawl of sunriseher words like silkrunning through our fingersan offeringa melodic string of pearlsin a world that has forgottenhow to listen I whisper Don’t go I can’t rememberwhat...
by Nancy Bauer-King | Aug 2, 2016 | Magazine Article
Afraid I will fall in love againwith his honey-colored wisps of hairand sturdy sinewed armsI wear a new red dressa fiery shield from regret Then driving to the courthouseI hear today marks the 50th anniversaryof the Hindenburg disasterwhen spark burst helium into...
by Nancy Bauer-King | Aug 2, 2016 | Magazine Article
In dim lightGrandma sits at her tableshaving fat and fleshfrom the pig’s skullswick swick swickher knife slicesthrough bristled skinpast cartilage and brain she’ll press meat intoa jellied loaf. The body hacksawed in halfcut gristle, bone and bloodlies cold and...
by Janet Leahy | Aug 2, 2016 | Magazine Article
Edward Hopper, 1942—Art Institute, Chicago He sits at the counterof the café, keeps his hat on,a grey fedora, maybe thinkinghe won’t stay long. His back to ushe faces the couple whocome every night to sitat the bend of the counter. The woman in red … hair,...
