Christine Delea1 day ago1 minWork by Robert KingWork by Robert King published in Rattle, Summer 2008 The workmen over and above the fence fit bricks, lift mortar, slap it accurately in...
Christine Delea4 days ago1 minWhat Is Love If Not Rot? by Jane WongWhat Is Love If Not Rot? by Jane Wong online at the Seattle Public Library Seattle Writes web site I’ve been watching videos of rotting...
Christine DeleaMay 111 minThe saint takes the monster to church & the monster catches a cold by Mary Ann ClarkThe saint takes the monster to church & the monster catches a cold by Mary Ann Clark published in The Scores Here is a body. There are...
Christine DeleaMay 81 minRain for Days by Diane HollandRain for Days by Diane Holland published in Crab Orchard Review And the sky closed, but now the TV weather radar screen shows the few...
Christine DeleaMay 41 minGaudy by Cassy DorffGaudy by Cassy Dorff published in Rust+Moth, Winter 2021 The bird book called him America’s most gaudy bird. Some said the king cakes in...
Christine DeleaMay 11 minMay and the Poets by Leigh HuntMay and the Poets by Leigh Hunt There is May in books forever; May will part from Spenser never; May's in Milton, May's in Prior, May's...
Christine DeleaApr 271 minAssisted Living by J. Allyn RosserAssisted Living by J. Allyn Rosser published in The Atlantic They sit at tables close enough around To nudge, reach for salt, and chat...
Christine DeleaApr 241 minDictionary Poem by Jill McDonoughDictionary Poem by Jill McDonough published in The Threepenny Review I love teaching people how to use a dictionary, watch them get...
Christine DeleaApr 201 minPluto by Grace LiPluto by Grace Li published in Crazyhorse Online I’m sorry. It was a minor matter. All the ways that I was here and the ways I wasn’t. A...
Christine DeleaApr 171 minThe Easter Flower by Claude McKayThe Easter Flower by Claude McKay Far from this foreign Easter damp and chilly My soul steals to a pear-shaped plot of ground, Where...
Christine DeleaApr 101 minApril by Linda PastanApril by Linda Pastan A whole new freshman class of leaves has arrived on the dark twisted branches we call our woods, turning green...
Christine DeleaApr 61 minTouring Cueva de las Monedas I. by Charlotte Pencepublished in her book, Code (Black Lawrence Press, 2020) Caves are not caves; they are thresholds into other worlds. We enter, blink into...
Christine DeleaApr 31 minGnats by Ladan OsmanGnats published in The Normal School, 2015 I can't tell why I think the dried corncobs in the gravel and the mattress under the tree were...
Christine DeleaMar 271 minHunger by Dianne Stepppublished in Cider Press Review Hunger by Dianne Stepp after In Memory’s Kitchen: A Legacy from the Women of Terezin They dream of yeast...
Christine DeleaMar 231 minThat First Night, the Hospital by Meg Edenpublished in her book, Drowning in the Floating World (Press 53, 2020) That First Night, the Hospital was the only thing left standing....
Christine DeleaMar 201 minChromesthesia by Kelly R. SamuelsChromesthesia by Kelly R. Samuels published in Summerset Review Your voice, singing, calls up green, green of the grasses bent on that...
Christine DeleaMar 161 minanyone lived in a pretty how town by e.e. cummingsanyone lived in a pretty how town (with up so floating many bells down) spring summer autumn winter he sang his didn't he danced his did....
Christine DeleaMar 131 minSome Assembly May Be Required by Laura LeHewSome Assembly May Be Required by Laura LeHew published in The Fem 2016 you are in denial your eyes are hyacinth red you page through your...
Christine DeleaMar 92 minThe Colonel by Carolyn ForchéThe Colonel by Carolyn Forché published in her 1981 book, The Country Between Us What you have heard is true. I was in his house. His...
Christine DeleaMar 61 minQuaker Oats by Rita DoveQuaker Oats by Rita Dove The grain elevators have stood empty for years. They used to feed an entire nation of children. Hunched in red...