Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysMaryanneBy Isabel SylvanThere’s a photograph of a birthday I don’t remember.I was holding up three fingers for the cameraas if it were all an accomplishment. Not the turningthree but the being able to hold up the right numberof fingers when told to do so for the camera. They used to say […]
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Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, Between
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysBetweenBy Dee Thompson There were no baby monitors a half century ago when I appeared, Motherreminded me.I had not considered it, but it’s true of course.Mothers simply listened. Knew the cries,the fretful wail, the full-throated scream, the whimper.Birth was more clinical. Babies were not so rare and precious, just boom-dropped, oneamong […]
Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, Foolish Love
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysFoolish LoveBy Cathy DouglasThe animal at my breastis our shot at perfection,though neither cute nor very small.Whatever possessed us?The abyss of his eyesreveals none of your mechanical abilityor my perfect pitch,just the reflection of a truthlike us. In the wake of ecstatic birthwe find we have replicatedmy tartness, your dissatisfaction.He coils […]
Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, The Artist
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysThe ArtistBy Sandra Forte-NickenigWhen I knew everythingand lived in New York Citynear Central Park on acobblestone street in aterra cotta brownstonewith cushions on the floorand bells behind the door Picasso’s Old Man with a Guitarhung with push pins on a straw matI saw a starving artist whowas not so bleak and blue […]
Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, High School Reunion
Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysHigh School ReunionBy Dean OlsonGraduates gather in summer heat to share stories, look each other over, gauge tread left, weigh wear and tear You mean to say…Have you seen… Didn’t you hear…Do you remember…we carry with us images from the mirror smile all-the-while thinkingMy God, do I look like that?!potluck tables flow from […]
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