Here’s a Thanksgiving story that’s better told later than lived in the moment. Dee Thompson’s poetry has appeared here before (Swimming in Darkness, How to Send Your Child to a New School). A knowledgeable and inspirational writer, Dee is the author of Adopting Alesia: My Crusade for My Russian Daughter, and her blog is a […]

Texas writer Mariah Boone has contributed some wonderful things to these pages (Night House, Eclipse, Packing for Day Care). You may have also read her blog. Her poem today gives voice to the need among the plenty, very powerful in this time of uncertainty and something to consider as we mouth the customary platitudes this […]

Michael Lee Johnson is a poet and freelance writer from Itasca, IL. His work has been published in more than 22 countries. He is also editor/publisher of 4 poetry sites, all open for submission, which can be accessed from his Web site. His new chapbook, From Which Place the Morning Rises, and his other books […]

If you find yourself in Englewood, NJ, and you stand in the middle of the Flat Rock Nature Preserve, one of the last vestiges of the Palisades Forest, you will see trees that seem to stretch up as tall as the mountains themselves. It is impossible to look at those tall trees and not feel […]

Robert CJ Graves lives with his wife, Emily, in Emporia, KS, where he teaches general education classes at Flint Hills Technical College. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals, including Bijou Poetry Review, The Chiron Review, Poetry for the Masses, Prairie Poetry, and Word Salad. A former bartender and freelance sports writer, Robert holds a […]