A Spine Moving by Karen Braucher
A Spine Moving by Karen Braucher for Dr. Jocelyn Kirnak published in Caveat Lector In this poem there will not be a looming, joking...
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marychristinedelea
- Jan 4
- 1 min
For the Rest of the Trees by Christina Gessler
For the Rest of the Trees by Christina Gessler published in Black Fork Review, 2021 When the firemen came and told us to pack what we...
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marychristinedelea
- Jan 1
- 1 min
At the South End of Lake Whatcom by Richard Widerkehr
At the South End of Lake Whatcom by Richard Widerkehr published in Sweet Tree Review, Winter 2017 At night the lake looks closer, and...
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marychristinedelea
- Dec 28, 2022
- 1 min
Capitalism by Elaine Fowler Palencia
Capitalism by Elaine Fowler Palencia published in Rattle, August 18, 2021 Along the two-lane blacktops of my childhood we stopped to buy...
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marychristinedelea
- Dec 25, 2022
- 1 min
Christmas, 1970 by Sandra M. Castillo
Christmas, 1970 by Sandra M. Castillo published in her book, My Father Sings, to My Embarrassment, White Pine Press We assemble the...
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marychristinedelea
- Dec 21, 2022
- 1 min
Chanukah Lights Tonight by Steven Schneider
Chanukah Lights Tonight by Steven Schneider published in his 2000 book, Prairie Air Show, Talking River Publications Our annual prairie...
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marychristinedelea
- Dec 18, 2022
- 1 min
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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marychristinedelea
- 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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marychristinedelea
- 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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marychristinedelea
- 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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marychristinedelea
- 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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marychristinedelea
- 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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marychristinedelea
- 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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marychristinedelea
- 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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marychristinedelea
- 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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marychristinedelea
- 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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marychristinedelea
- 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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marychristinedelea
- 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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marychristinedelea
- 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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marychristinedelea
- 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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