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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Love on a rainy day
Mildred Speidel’s most recent poem here was Death. This rainy day poem is not about death; it’s about love. Love on a rainy day By Mildred Speidel It’s early morn and I can hear the rain drops falling free kissing every rooftop with damp tranquility. I glance across my leg I see that you’re still here […]
Seeds
Maureen Donatelli’s most recent poem here was An Agoraphobic’s Worry Beads. Seeds By Maureen Donatelli White seeds of sparkling frost grow in your eyes. I search them, miraculous like stars adrift, brilliant points flickering over the muted grey ebb of day; they falter on a passing opalescence of cloud as the curve toward evening whispers deeper […]
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