Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
“Crow and the Artist” by Doris Vernon
Doris Vernon CROW AND THE ARTIST Crow flings his black cloak over his bony shoulders Caws into the sky Calls others from the Crow Clan And leads them over the corn field He’s painting He’s painting They feel the vibrations rising Before they hear the sound the artist staggers through the field Down [...]
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Sunday, October 9th, 2011
“Everything I Wanted I Had” by Phyllis M. Teplitz
Phyllis M. Teplitz EVERYTHING I WANTED I HAD a dime to sit through a Fred Astaire movie twice, kids to play with after school, parents who loved me, and four sisters. June, in college, juggling boyfriends, May, just two years behind, sang at all the ladies’ clubs. Eleanor, way ahead [...]
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Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
“For Good” by Joan Stern
Joan Stern FOR GOOD We’re going to the country for good I told my kindergarten teacher. It was 1929. I wasn’t thinking forever– for goodmeant the country was a good place, life there would be good. I couldn’t know my father would take a bus, a train and a ferry to work leaving in the [...]
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Saturday, October 1st, 2011
“Don’t Ask Me Any Questions” by Nan Sherman
Nan Sherman DON’T ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS I used to know all the answers but I don’t anymore possess the assurance, bravado of foolish youth. The more ancient I get the less I know. My faltering footsteps, seek secure ground. Don’t ask me any questions. I have no answers. Where is the wisdom that arrives [...]
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
“Our Adult Grandchildren” by Susan Rosenberg
Susan Rosenberg OUR ADULT GRANDCHILDREN How slowly……… imperceptibly we moved from center to periphery; Their visits now, I think, stem from duty more than pleasure as we ply them with too much food and stories they have heard before; We struggle to understand their lively conversations about a world that is not ours; and we [...]
