Contributor Series 8: Feast and Famine Watermelon at the Beach By Laura Zucca-Scott Watermelon at the beach Sweet and red Like elusive youth Laughing at nothing Crying at everything Matching the color of sunset While the ocean purrs Alluring promises The salty wind Adding a peculiar taste To the thirst-quenching sweetness Nothing is better than […]
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Contributor Series 8: Feast or Famine, Last Picnic
Contributor Series 8: Feast and Famine Last Picnic By Monica Crumback You should have shown up early, an offering in hand. You might have thought of her love for blueberries. You could have thawed a smile or served a kind word to an old blouse. This was her day, after all. Although she didn’t know […]
Contributor Series 8: Feast and Famine, Emotional Scones
Contributor Series 8: Feast and Famine begins tonight. You got three guesses to figure out what it’s about! Contributor Series 8: Feast and Famine Emotional Scones By Clarissa McFairy There is no easy way to tell a man his brother has died Tea or biscuits do not help at that time of the morning on […]
Hidden Behind the Font
Julie Ellinger Hunt’s most recent poem to appear here was Your Road. Her second book of poetry, In New Jersey, is forthcoming from unbound CONTENT. Hidden Behind the Font By Julie Ellinger Hunt Hidden behind the font on this page, you are the fading light in the corner of my room, the [4:30] autumn day dusk, the […]
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Lou Pugliese was born in Washington DC and grew up in Virginia. He and his wife Kathy traveled extensively and lived in various places during Lou’s 30+ year career in the automotive business. In 2010 he finished his doctorate and retired, settling in the Shenandoah Valley. He is now a professor at Bridgewater College in […]
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