Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysThe Last BirthdayBy James G PiattThe wheel that spins memories in its wake,The mortal things we forget for time’s sake, We play at gay abandon so loose and free,Practice gaudy dramas to the nth degree, In our frantic race to find what is eternal,We fail to heed the advice written in life’s […]
It's just poetry, it won't bite
Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, Birthday Blues
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysBirthday BluesBy Aarushi VyasI can’t escapeThey are all around meWolves in sheep’s skinsThese friendly enemies Their disguise is a hunter’s trapAs well as their pleasing smileWaiting for me to fallInto their sugar coated lies I am taking no chancesThis is my world war threeI need to thoroughly planTo deal with the […]
Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, Scrapbook
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysScrapbookBy Robert CoryScrapbook photos.Mounted momentschronologically cramped,crushed & yellowed.Others marred,creased by careless fold.Frozen in black & white.Posed?Maybe yes. Maybe no.Pomp & ceremony someplace.Birthday mugsfor the camera.Groups, picnics, places, pets.Formal. Candid. Awkward.The dead, the living,the unknown … some of whomhave come unglued.Random bookmarks.Whims of history.Yes. I remember you,him, her, them, and it.Reconstructed memories.Lately, […]
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, Around Your Birthday
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysAround Your BirthdayBy Lucile BarkerEarly April, even late March,you start getting nervous,avoiding old friends who know the date, hide away … love, you can’t avoidyour birthday. You fear the candled cake,waiters gathered round,the cold stares of dinerstrying to guess your ageor even worse, singing alonga jollity enforced only by time,aging frightened […]
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