Basking

Basking

Baskingby Martha Postlethwaite The moon, some say,has such pull that the oceanscan’t resist.But on this late autumn day,it is the sunthat draws meacross the room. I leave my deskand its pileand go.All morning I sit in the panel of lightthat fallson the far endof...
Advice from a Raindrop

Advice from a Raindrop

Advice from a Raindropby Kim Stafford You think you’re too smallto make a difference? Tell meabout it. You think you’rehelpless, at the mercy of forcesbeyond your control? Been there. Think you’re doomed to disappear,just one small voice among millions?That’s no...
Love Elegy with Busboy

Love Elegy with Busboy

Love Elegy with Busboy by Nathan McClain The whole mess –pair of chopsticks pulled apart,tarnished pot of tea. even my fortune(which was no good) —we left for the busboy to clear. I’d probably feel moreguilty if he didn’tso beautifully sweep our soiled plates into his...
August Morning

August Morning

August Morningby Albert Garcia It’s ripe, the melonby our sink. Yellow,bee-bitten, soft, it perfumesthe house too sweetly.At five I wake, the airmournful in its quiet.My wife’s eyes swim calmlyunder their lids, her mouth and jawrelaxed, different.What is...