By Heather Christle
I did not know it was possible (your constancy being among your chief characteristics) and I, bereft...
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- By Christian J. CollierWe were ravaged by our loss, our child. In the shower, slightly past midnight,after I’d covered the ...
- By Ada LimónI pass the feeder and yell, Grackle party! And then an hour later I yell, Mourning dove afterparty! (I call the feeder the...
- By Cheryl ClarkeI could use a good ole R&B lyric right about now to face this hard absence. Only its terse verse can...
- By K. IverAt my beloved’s burial,I can’t see his body.Only carnations. I hearyour name and my beloved’sin the ...
- By Kush ThompsonYou will tell your babies, someday, of the little house behind the wall clock. They will love most the...
- By Countee CullenIf for a day joy masters me, Think not my wounds are healed; Far deeper than the scars you see, I keep...
- By H.D.I know not what to do,my mind is reft:is song's gift best?is love's gift loveliest?I know not what to...
- By John TickhillIn springtime, chief of all seasons, in May when new joys rise and flourish, the sun is lord and messenger...
- By Salima RiveraDied: Our vows to love, honor, and cherish. Time: Left suddenly on a bright summer day Cause of Death...
- By Federico García Lorca1. La cogida y la muerte A las cinco de la tarde. Eran las cinco en punto de la tarde. Un niño trajo...
- By Federico García Lorca1 The Goring and the Death At five in the afternoon At the stroke of five The boy brought the white ...
- By Victoria ChangJan.4.2022 A call is just a call. I pick it up. Jan.6.2022 I lift blankets looking for my father. Jan...
- By Rachel Tzvia Back(1) In worded a world how broken from beginning: sunburst and blossoms all subterfuges of creation ruses...
- By Rachel Tzvia Back1 Dark cedars of dark lebanon. the ash, the oak. the elm. O, the eucalyptus. The apple (love) apple ...
- By Raymond LuczakYour voice translated me, a lucid memory. You videotaped my hands, words. Now that’s all gone to the...
- By Sara TeasdaleThere is no magic any more, We meet as other people do, You work no miracle for me Nor I for you. You...
- By Aimee NezhukumatathilWhen Cleopatra received Antony on her cedarwood ship, she made sure he would smell her in advance across...
- By Assotto Saintwhere do you find strength to climb down the hill to your lover’s grave what do you bring but thirteen...
- By Justin Phillip ReedDoes a man with no intentions know he means you only harm? If lodged in the scar were a pearl of such...