Poem A Day – Oct. 21, 2015
Prayer
David Tomas Martinez
I must
not succeed.
Success is the mind-killer.
Success
is the little-death
that brings total
obliteration. I will face
my success. I will
permit it to pass
over ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Oct. 20, 2015
Haunted Sonnet
Hoa Nguyen
Haunt lonely and find when you lose your shadow
secretive house centipede on the old window
You pronounce Erinys as “Air-n-ease”
Alecto: the angry ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Oct. 17, 2015
The Universe
Joshua Henry Jones Jr.
Count o’er the million leagues from here to yonder star.
On then. On to the next count of a million more.
Sum up the myriad gleams that light ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Oct. 16, 2015
Ode to an Encyclopedia
James Arthur
O hefty hardcover on the built-in shelf in my parents’ living room,
O authority stamped on linen paper, molted from your dust jacket,
Questing ... Continue Reading →
Senior News Line – Beat the winter blues
By Matilda Charles
Short days when the sun stays low in the sky, even at noon … cold temperatures that make us want to stay inside – winters can be dark in more ways than one, ... Continue Reading →
Now Here’s a Tip – Oct. 14, 2015
By JoAnn Derson
Spring bulbs need a few weeks in the ground to get established before the first of the frosts. If you’re just getting around to planting your spring bulbs, here ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Oct. 14, 2015
Deer Ode, Tangled & Horned
Marcus Wicker
Always the sun first
then the doe sunning, the stag
running toward the doe, wherein
this ramshackle causality
a taste for flesh buds
at ... Continue Reading →
To Your Good Health – Psoriatic arthritis, varicose veins, aneurism
TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH
By Keith Roach, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 77-year-old male. I had to stop playing golf about two years ago due to joint pain. I had psoriasis from age 15 until ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Oct. 13, 2015
the night begins with sugar
Natasha Saje
Salt Lake City
here in our state of yes and smug
crystalline over mountains and horizon melt
such pretty clouds such drifting light
who is it ... Continue Reading →
Paw’s Corner – Shedding cat
Cat’s Shedding a Hairy Issue
By Sam Mazzotta
DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My cat Chester has always been a big shedder with his long hair. I’ve pretty much kept up with it ... Continue Reading →
