Mary's Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And every where that Mary went The lamb was sure...

I Worried by Mary Oliver I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers flow in the right direction, will the earth turn as it...

It Began by Mary Rose O'Reilley It began, then, the war that never ended, though for a while we kept doing the old things: shopping...

First Alzheimer’s Sonnet by Marilyn Nelson A wave enters the membrane labyrinth, and something mushrooms from nothing to now. Enacted...

Having checked the Egyptian Book of the Dead out of the library by Amy Gerstler I'm seized by a form of remorse. Is this the best...

After Reading Tu Fu, I Go Outside to the Dwarf Orchard by Charles Wright East of me, west of me, full summer. How deeper than elsewhere...

The Grief Meal by Joan McMillan After you left, I stopped eating. My body refused everything. I knew it wouldn't be long before I...

Case in Point by June Jordan A friend of mine who raised six daughters and who never wrote what she regards as serious until she was...