Christine Delea
Cherries in Winter by Claudette Mork Sigg
Cherries in Winter by Claudette Mork Sigg When the fruit came in, my mother went on binges. She spent the night canning, naked, in the...
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Christine Delea
- Dec 14, 2022
- 1 min
Evening Meal by Tiffany Midge
Evening Meal by Tiffany Midge Mushrooms are seekers. They sweat in a pan of garlic and butter, fuss, bicker and toss— toughing it out...
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Christine Delea
- Dec 11, 2022
- 1 min
An Old Man Performs Alchemy on His Doorstep at Christmastime by Anna George Meek
An Old Man Performs Alchemy on His Doorstep at Christmastime by Anna George Meek published in her book, Acts of Contortion (2002) Cream...
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Christine Delea
- Dec 7, 2022
- 1 min
Written on a Bathroom Wall in Rome by Gráinne Tobin
Written on a Bathroom Wall in Rome by Gráinne Tobin published in Banshee, Issue #3, Autumn/Winter 2016 This window is kept open: the...
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Christine Delea
- Dec 4, 2022
- 1 min
Whir by Marjorie Power
Whir by Marjorie Power published in Peacock Journal, 2017 Preparing to market our last house we sort mugs, linens, boots, books, hooks in...
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Christine Delea
- Nov 30, 2022
- 1 min
To Memory, a Pantoum by Jacinta White
To Memory, a Pantoum by Jacinta White published in Change Seven Magazine, Issue 2.1 His favorite tie hangs on the back of the wicker...
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Christine Delea
- Nov 27, 2022
- 1 min
Butter by Elizabeth Alexander
Butter by Elizabeth Alexander published in her 1996 book, Body of Life My mother loves butter more than I do, more than anyone. She pulls...
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Christine Delea
- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
Turkeys by Mary Mack
Turkeys by Mary Mack published in her book, Breaking the Fever (Marsh Hawk Press) One November a week before Thanksgiving the Ohio river...
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Christine Delea
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
When Giving Is All We Have by Alberto Ríos
When Giving Is All We Have by Alberto Ríos One river gives Its journey to the next. We give because someone gave to us. We give because...
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Christine Delea
- Nov 16, 2022
- 1 min
Conversation with a Fireman from Brooklyn by Tess Gallagher
Conversation with a Fireman from Brooklyn by Tess Gallagher He offers, between planes, to buy me a drink. I’ve never talked to a fireman...
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Christine Delea
- Nov 13, 2022
- 1 min
When My Gender is First Named Disorder by torrin a. greathouse
When My Gender is First Named Disorder by torrin a. greathouse published in The Indianapolis Review Do they mean this as a synonym for...
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Christine Delea
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
Recuerdo by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Recuerdo by Edna St. Vincent Millay We were very tired, we were very merry— We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry. It was...
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Christine Delea
- Nov 6, 2022
- 1 min
Why I Have a Crush On You, UPS Man by Alice N. Persons
Why I Have a Crush On You, UPS Man by Alice N. Persons published in her book, Don't Be A Stranger you bring me all the things I order are...
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Christine Delea
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
The Mother Writes to the Murderer: A Letter by Naomi Shihab Nye
The Mother Writes to the Murderer: A Letter byNaomi Shihab Nye To you whose brain is a blunt fist pushed deep inside your skull whose...
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Christine Delea
- Oct 30, 2022
- 1 min
Theme in Yellow by Carl Sandburg
Theme in Yellow by Carl Sandburg I spot the hills With yellow balls in autumn. I light the prairie cornfields Orange and tawny gold...
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Christine Delea
- Oct 26, 2022
- 1 min
The Survivor by Primo Levi
The Survivor by Primo Levi Once more he sees his companions' faces Livid in the first faint light, Gray with cement dust, Nebulous in the...
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Christine Delea
- Oct 23, 2022
- 1 min
What Haunts Us by Annie Phan
What Haunts Us by Annie Phan published in Rust & Moth, Autumn 2020 In the villages of my grandmother, they warn you of the child who...
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Christine Delea
- Oct 19, 2022
- 1 min
Plums by Gillian Clarke
Plums by Gillian Clarke When their time comes they fall without wind, without rain. They seep through the trees’ muslin in a slow...
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Christine Delea
- Oct 16, 2022
- 1 min
To the Young Who Want to Die by Gwendolyn Brooks
To the Young Who Want to Die by Gwendolyn Brooks Sit down. Inhale. Exhale. The gun will wait. The lake will wait. The tall gall in the...
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Christine Delea
- Oct 12, 2022
- 1 min
About Almonds and Ambergris by Lorna Goodison
About Almonds and Ambergris by Lorna Goodison Atlanta Review, Spring/Summer 2019 issue There is a perfume rising off the sea today. A...
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