Michael Ceraolo’s most recent poem to appear here was Working Class Hero (April 2012). untitledBy Michael Ceraolo A mid-July night, and a late softball game(another loss: we’ve won only one game all season)Postgame: at a bar on the creek’s shoreStepping outside for a moment, I seea light show taking place over the lake to the north,a show […]
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Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, The Artisan
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysThe ArtisanBy Dan Barkye My mother always told me it wasshe who made me on that day,my B Day. It came from nowhere,as an affirmation not to be denied,and said in many ways. Not least by holding me near her,day in, day out.Feeding me like a foodmine, from her wide open […]
Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, Bow Ties
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysBow TiesBy Patrick Stevensfor Janet, my mother My mother is meticulous.She tapes down pastel paper,edges folded crisp alongan ivory box deftly linedwith finest three-ply tissueas if spied on by the Queen.Her mother inscribed moralson her holiday-driven heart:“The gift is in the thought,”which you may find clichédbut words are only triteuntil a […]
Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, Once upon a primal scream
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysOnce upon a primal screamBy Christopher Roe Suspended in a zen-like stateof warm, dark and moist silence — silent —except for a slow, steady, muffledinsistent yet distant drum beatreverberating through his bodystirring his primitive soul with its familiar comforting rhythm.And he was thoroughly content to let his existence unfold — slowly —as he […]
Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, Ten ways of looking at gymnastics
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysTen ways of looking at gymnasticsBy Sarah Endo1976To my six-year-old eyes Nadia with her spiky legs and flying ponytail soaringacross television, magazines, posters,is a superherobarely bigger than me1976-1978I begin a series of classes in a converted warehouse grandly called Mercer Gymnastics IncorporatedI move through Beginner, Advanced Beginner, Intermediate1979Now I’m on “the team” I compete […]
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