Jan SchmidtJul 1, 20195 min"Not My Father"A famine-shriveled child. This can’t be my father. An ivory carved sculpture of a head, pressed to the side of the pillow. Who is this...
Carolyn CecilJul 1, 20191 min"Becoming Small"I saved your hand-made terry pink sleeper from 36 years ago, you the child I had no name for. Your sleeper, washed, tucked away,...
Michelle BrooksJul 1, 20192 minThree poemsWhere Dreams Come True The bathroom attendant asks me when my shift begins. In my silver dress, I look like a shake dancer. Soon, I tell...
Ed MeekJul 1, 20191 min"Ghost Bikes"--For Amanda Phillips In case you missed the story of the barista struck by a truck in Inman Square in Cambridge, a ghost bike, painted...