Betty Ruth Speir is a retired physician. Out to dinner with friends recently she provided emergency care to a woman who had a seizure while celebrating her anniversary with her husband. Sometimes gifts can be found in the most unexpected places. Five of Betty Ruth’s poem appear in the current issue of Mobile Bay MDs Magazine. […]
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Letter for My Father
Maxwell Baumbach’s most recent poem to appear here was Lessons Learned by a Fifth-Grader, one of vox poetica’s 2011 Pushcart Prize nominees. Letter for My Father By Maxwell Baumbach my dad spoke to me hypotheticallyand hypotheticallyI was listening he watched me failhe watched me grow upand fuck up I got sent home from schoolbecause I tried […]
Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags, The Twist
Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags The Twist By Jeanette Gallagher It’s the club’s annual New Year’s Eve party.The band plays blues, rock and roll,and the hits of the time. One of these isthe newest dance craze, the Twist. Her husband is handsome in his tuxedo.They say she’s striking in her new twist dress,thin straps across […]
Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags, The Chocolate Waltz
Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags The Chocolate Waltz By Sharon Poch I dance the chocolate waltzglide sensuously,change partners at whimwhile my body’s bandcomposes lush rhapsodiesin three-quarter time The tempo slowsThe tongue seekssable smooth trufflespressed like dark silkagainst the roofof my mouth Rhythm risesto six-eighths timeI spin in drunken tarantellaor swirling cocoaand drownin its holy heat […]
Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags, New Year Hopes
Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags New Year Hopes By Mildred Speidel Bob always loved to celebrate New Year’s Eveat our favorite cafe. Right on the waterfront.We could share the hours before the fireworkswith a lovely meal and champagne. I alwayswore my silver sequined dress, that was hisrequest, his favorite. For the past five years Bob […]
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