Poet’s Corner – Lucky in Love By Flash Rosenberg Artwork, “Lucky in Love,” top, and “Why Women Live Longer,” by Flash [...] April 12, 2024
Poet’s Corner – What I Want You to Know by Lory Frankel is how much I love you.How much is “how much”?Oh, just say it’s an overflow. But this is no gentle river [...] April 11, 2024
Poet’s Corner – Cleaning Woman By Lory Frankel She goes around picking up papers.She pulls sticks and strings from my hair;the room is silent. She frowns, immense,a [...] April 10, 2024
A Rookie Newsman Battles Deadlines and Crime in A Killing on the Hill Who knew that Seattle was a hotbed of crime during the Great Depression? Hardboiled detective mysteries often were set in New York, Los [...] April 9, 2024
Poet’s Corner – My Father in Havanna By Rachel Berghash All his life my father wanted to sing.Occasionally, in the synagogue, he led the prayers in a shy voice.But in [...] April 9, 2024
Poet’s Corner – Solar Eclipse Anticipating mystical light, A covering for the day Few moments of dimming, And dark skies. Alignments prevail. The sun, the moon, the [...] April 8, 2024
Poet’s Corner – Child’s Play By Jessica G. de Koninck I want a dollwho can walk down stairswhen her knee gives way,one not uncomfortable withforgetting the names of [...] April 7, 2024
Poet’s Corner – Vermeer’s Quiet Women By Helen Bournas-Ney Hoarders of light, they wait . . . until the portalsof their paintings might somehow – open, and they slip [...] April 6, 2024