by Danielle | Oct 13, 2024 | Guest Poems
Nothing Happens I sit in the darkness of the stallsawaiting a momentous eventthat never occurs, as if the actiontook place in the green room;the actors emerged exhaustedby the effort of dressing and makeup,too tired to propel the plot. I sharethe idlers’ ennui as they...
by Danielle | Oct 13, 2024 | Guest Poems
Grocery Store Tulips Bought on a whim, pale petals shutlike seashells slow to open, waiting to soakin the weak light that streaks through the window. My cat unbothered, too old to be curious, the tipof her tail a calligraphy brush dipped in ink.I serve her daily meds,...
by Danielle | Sep 21, 2024 | Guest Poems
Green We head for the green-shotin its glass syringe. You’ll find a flood of cloudsdebating earth fall. From their great heightour garden is one rainbow flower. They debate which of our bushes will receivetheir blessing and which to leave. And when we come home, our...
by Danielle | Sep 21, 2024 | Guest Poems
Whale Watching This seascape, with its deep shades of ultramarine,bluer than Muddy Waters, is as uncannyas the landscape we are leaving behind, chuggingout of Reykjavik in high summer with our talkof that Great American Novel, Ahab and his quest,so much madder than...
by Danielle | Aug 23, 2024 | Guest Poems
Unpacking a Bomb Articles for the Blind wrapped securely as a bomblike Dad impossible to open Dad’s… his presentscontaining surprise practical mug: King Charles...
by Danielle | Aug 23, 2024 | Guest Poems
That Tremendous Fish after Elizabeth Bishop So, I let the fish go, but it did not swim away,remaining instead port-side of the hired boat,right eye staring unblinking into my startled gaze. I raised the revs on the motor but it stalked me.The bows pushed harder...