Poem A Day – Dec. 16, 2015
Naming Ceremony
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
for Jerry Ward, Jr.
Shallow curve of the land
between master and owned
I have dismissed you until I come
upon kin Since time my jaws
have collected ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 15, 2015
Equivalents
Monica de la Torre
My child is my mother.
There is a perpetual tug of war
between the child in my mother
and the mother in my child.
My spouse is not father to my child.
The ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 14, 2015
Lullaby for Anyone
Stephanie Ford
Excuse me, lover. I’m busy foretelling
and protesting your end. Whether I hunt,
gather, barter, or sell, what I worry over
is the order: live ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 12, 2015
Cosmopolite
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Not wholly this or that,
But wrought
Of alien bloods am I,
A product of the interplay
Of traveled hearts.
Estranged, yet not estranged, I stand
All ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 11, 2015
Bogliasco
Robert Polito
I’m always running ahead of my life,
The way when we walk you are always
Three, fifteen, forty steps behind
Taking a picture, or inspecting
A bottlebrush ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 10, 2015
In Emily Dickinson’s Bedroom
Lloyd Schwartz
A chilly light pervades the empty room
bringing neither its current nor former inhabitant peace.
Rather, its immaterial lingering infests
both ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 9, 2015
There Is a Bird in My Mouth
Natalie Scenters-Zapico
I found it on your belly, and caught it
with two fingers. I kept the bird
on a little perch behind my ear.
I plucked its feathers, ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 8, 2015
Saturn.1
CAConrad
butterfly on a tissue box
not a real one
a painting
a monarch
one more sign
for anguish
poured and
poured a choice to feel or
stack bricks between
I was sad when my
talented ... Continue Reading →
Prostate often blamed for bladder problems
TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH
By KEITH ROACH, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 87 and have an enlarged prostate. When I get the urge to urinate, which is often, I have to go at once. Do you think ... Continue Reading →
