Poet’s Corner – The Cloisters
Standing still in a manuscript of time Medieval arches and tapestries Grace the cold stone walls in sacred imagery Saintly statues nod and [...]
Reading Around
Quicksand – Determining Guilt in the Aftermath of a Mass Shooting
It smells like rotten eggs. The air is hazy and gray with gunpowder smoke. Everyone has been shot by me. I haven’t got even as much [...]
Five Fun Novels About the Circus
The announcement that the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus will be closing on May 21 marks the end of an era. The company [...]
How to Write a POEM (REDUX)
Many times during the years I have written a “How to Write a Poem Poem.” It’s one of those questions people ask. And even [...]
How Did This Happen? Poems for the Not So Young Anymore
How Did This Happen? weaves the journey of all women, from every era, full circle and does it with poems and passages from classical [...]
Poet’s Corner – Times Seven
The morning’s light convinces the leaf on the top of the tallest tree to stir and unfurl, a green page opening to the beginning. [...]
Nothing Is Simple in Darcey Bell’s A Simple Favor
The publishing industry and the movie industry are lemmings, following popular trends rather than thinking outside the box to come up with [...]
Leona: The Die Is Cast – The Rise of a New Anti-Heroine
Until I was fifteen, I hadn’t realized that smiling gave me an advantage. By studying other people I had learned how to socialize. A [...]
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