Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysOn Your Twelfth BirthdayBy Laura Zucca-ScottIt’s your twelfth birthdayI see the lines on your faceAnd try to imagine the man you will beI celebrate and fearThe many tomorrowsAnd tangled futures I don’t want to see you give upThinking it is not possibleI wish I could tell you how it can beSo […]
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Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, Maryanne
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysMaryanneBy Isabel SylvanThere’s a photograph of a birthday I don’t remember.I was holding up three fingers for the cameraas if it were all an accomplishment. Not the turningthree but the being able to hold up the right numberof fingers when told to do so for the camera. They used to say […]
Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, Foolish Love
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysFoolish LoveBy Cathy DouglasThe animal at my breastis our shot at perfection,though neither cute nor very small.Whatever possessed us?The abyss of his eyesreveals none of your mechanical abilityor my perfect pitch,just the reflection of a truthlike us. In the wake of ecstatic birthwe find we have replicatedmy tartness, your dissatisfaction.He coils […]
Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, The Artist
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysThe ArtistBy Sandra Forte-NickenigWhen I knew everythingand lived in New York Citynear Central Park on acobblestone street in aterra cotta brownstonewith cushions on the floorand bells behind the door Picasso’s Old Man with a Guitarhung with push pins on a straw matI saw a starving artist whowas not so bleak and blue […]
Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, Boudoir Age
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysBoudoir AgeBy Betty Ruth SpeirOne is keenly aware of their chronological ageIn fact, as years pass, our awareness becomes more ominousPerhaps we should shift our emphasis to another inherent ageBoudoir age is another great barometerI am better in bed than I was decades agoRegret that I go to bed alone night […]
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