Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags New Year Hopes By Mildred Speidel Bob always loved to celebrate New Year’s Eveat our favorite cafe. Right on the waterfront.We could share the hours before the fireworkswith a lovely meal and champagne. I alwayswore my silver sequined dress, that was hisrequest, his favorite. For the past five years Bob […]

Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags This Side of Nordkanalallee By Robert Cory Espiedjust above the rooftopsposed,calendar perfect,sliver of a moonconspicuous as chalk on the blackboard,cryptic as a rune.Twilight’s hushedall the fetching flower boxes’lavenders and blues,imperially scattered amongstthe regnant Robespierre redssome four stories shyall attornedto the fall of nightwhere streetlamp glows hosted cultsof winged creaturesemphatically come […]

Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags A Rose Is Not a Rose By Rosalyn Marhatta Her body tells stories of warrior days; a rose tattoo high on her thigh betrays her as plaid knife pleats slide out of place when she opens her legs remembering silk sheets, peacock fans, coffee in demitasse cups. That rose tattoo […]

Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags How sweet! By Joan McNerney After bathing in bubble gum, Mary Jane unties ribbon candy from bags of chocolate kisses. Sky colored by yellow, pink & blue cotton candy clouds. Marshmallow chicks hide behind spearmint leaves. Jelly beans sprout along fields of candy corn. Caramel apples, lemon drops, orange slices […]

Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags With You I Celebrate By Jeanette Cheezum A happy heart develops a garden of romance. With sprinkles of understanding and love. One sweet night we established the creation of unity in a life of unrest and hardship. Reached for the brass ring, engaged it and held on tight … if […]