Where the Grandsons were Gathering
In front of my aunt’s house, I kneeled next to my crying grandfather and placed my…
A room in the house
Featured Writing
19 pieces
Wings of Silence
The old woman’s fingers curled around the faded photograph. She had broken the wood-grained frame just…
Two Poems
Microplastics tiling my arteries: I put them there. Snuck inside of bites of reheated pasta &…
Wrath: The 6th Deadly Sin
John invited me to visit him at his cottage on the Maine coast. We hadn’t seen…
Apricity
Despite the sun setting the powder of snow to sparkling dust, and the warmth on my…
Learning to Live After Aspirations Wither: A Review of Esther Okonkwo’s The Tiny Things Are Heavier
Okonkwo’s The Tiny Things Are Heavier is a carefully written trip through person-making. Using the protagonist,…
Two Poems
Micro-fragments It’s Earth Day and my daughter is reading up on oceans. She wants to quiz…
A Throng That Won’t Thaw
Normal means freezing Like an ice block When you knock on the car. My husband turns…
Dinner Time
The first knock comes at 10:40 in the night. We don’t have a peephole, so I…
Elm
A bee’s wings mesmerize, I memorize the outdoors as best I can—not very well at all.…
To Kayak and Other Poems
wade into the ebbed tides poised on a kayak’s open womb clutch the paddle torso rotation…
I’d Be Anyone
I once had sisters. And I like to think if they would have stuck around, I…