Do you remember that first week in Taipei when we went to Caroline’s party? It was during the super typhoon, and all the schools were shut, and we guzzled beer in the kitchen, and I said, “We should go outside.” And your eyes glistened, and the dark rain beat against the windows, and we pulled… Read More “Wild and Soft” by Katie Coleman
It may have been an hour of thunder upon the realma moment of fierce warring between those medieval knightsbut the air was calm carried by a balmy summer bliss.The time was far removed for armors and lancesa glorious battle to decide the valor of great warriorsperhaps this king had left his heart for glory.A gentle… Read More “A King’s Death” by Fabrice Poussin
Dark out at four p.m.the road a sheet of ice,cars snow-covered likeigloo huts; why go outside?Have to get grub at thestore, drag it back on thesled, the huskies like thework and the cold; I giveeach a pastrami sandwichon rye, their names areMutt & Jeff, their eyeslight up in the dark, theysleep beside my bed andthey… Read More “Mush!” by Wayne F. Burke
We meet between here and there, morning and evening, on the dot. Different time zones. Different countries. Umbillical cords stretch. Can be passed on from mother to father, no questions asked, needs must. It is, what it is, you say. Beginnings. Love has decidedly curious ways of making things work, of connecting loose ends. Where… Read More “A Place That’s Not on Any Map” by Britta Benson
I saw an article recently that they had sold my childhood grade school the rich little town of Brecksville, Ohio was now 1.3 million dollars richer but no one bothered to call me and ask if I wanted my memories back before they chained the doors no one offered a single blade of grass from… Read More “Sold to the highest bidder” by Ken Tomaro
A Simple Desire I yearned to feel like a married woman. I desired to be pampered, A stem of rose, a small bottle of perfume, An occasional dinner in the humdrum of life, Where my man would make me feel special. I am a working woman, yes, I draw a hefty salary. I am independent,… Read More Three Marriage Poems by Kanwalpreet Baidwan
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