Parabola of Pears for Reni by Victoria Fach Just after sunrise, I happened to look out the greenhouse window at the yard sparkling with sprinkler drops and sun, then glanced up at the wallpaper border where a pair of pears rested, round, golden brown, in a lineup with grapes, apples, cherries, and plums springing […]
Forgoing the Invitation to Heaven by M. Ait Ali I move in life,―where all birds, animals, insects, and cloth-faced humans―dry or wet behind the ears and the eyes― were tripped up by the emerald rug of earth and withal its skillful questions and questioning tones. I foot the distance:―the pathway a teenager, who aged […]
Six Steps to the Throne by Brandon Marlon You should have seen it for yourself: its ivory derived from Tarshish; its gold, fine and pure, from Tarshish, Sheba, Arabia, and Ophir. With the royal favor, you could have heard your footfalls as you mounted all six steps, gradually ascending between lions sentineling at either end […]
Daughters by Frances Koziar I teach you what I once taught her, guide your steps through this dance of parenthood, but each word is an echo, and I remember how she picked this up faster or that up slower; I remember how I laughed with another child that you will never meet; I remember […]