December 12, 2021 Home Health Nurse by Sara Backer Home Health Nurse His soft brown fingers explore my elbow, seeking a sturdy vein. He calls me “Miss Sara” as if I’m a Hollywood…
December 12, 2021 Just In Time by Ken Poyner Just In Time Jerry was too macho to wear a mask. Never been sick a day in his life, Except for the tonsillectomy, two…
December 12, 2021 Life After Death by Lynn White Life After Death Something startled me: where I thought I was safest where I thought I belonged so I will follow Whitman— avoid the…
December 12, 2021 Kelipoth – Broken Vessels by Howard F. Stein Kelipoth – Broken Vessels After the Jewish Kabbalist Rabbi Isaac Luria of Safed, Israel [1570] The breaking of the vessels: Amid strewn shards Of…
December 12, 2021 Cedar Christmas Tree by Wesley Sims Cedar Christmas Tree Holiday traditions cling like ivy. As a youth, come mid-December, I went hunting for a cedar tree with Dad. We trekked…
December 12, 2021 Parable of Two Trees by John C. Mannone Parable of Two Trees A garden as large as a forest with every kind of lovely tree pleasant to the eye flourished. In the…
November 5, 2021 2021 Pushcart Nominations in Poetry Congratulations to this year’s nominated poets for the Pushcart Award! (Shown in order of publication) Ode to Deborah (Mother of Israel) by Julie L….
November 5, 2021 How the war tamed me? by Amirah Al Wassif How the war tamed me? I’ve been raised by a ghost, who used to spin around the tombstones twice each war. I am the…
November 5, 2021 A brief history of misery by Amirah Al Wassif A brief history of misery Among the stones, there was a flower that reached out to me. Many years ago, I dreamt of the…
November 5, 2021 of things that never seem to work by Taiwo Hassan of things that never seem to work fragile places, unseen spaces, my mother’s china all struggle to be metaphors for my spirit. is there…
