Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant Excerpt from the Diary of a Man Growing Old (December 20, 2009) By Neil Ellman Cleaning out my closet I came upon an old sports coat Harris Tweed The color of Coney Island sand in the rain That I had purchased more than forty years before Collars like […]

Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant Dreams of Ramona By Larry Blazek You met at the old House on the highway Made love in your old room Explained that the house Was sold years ago Was demolished and made Into a parking lot But you return now and then Larry Blazek’s poem The Hawk […]

Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the ElephantFor Valentine’s DayBy Jeanette Cheezum For Valentine’s Day he made me his wifethe next year we gave new life.He gave me jewelry for each of his littlegirls. Little did he know he was mypearl. Sun up, sun down, I always knew wherehe could be found. Together we madeit through […]

Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant Remnants By Kim Klugh Shadows gather on a January afternoon; I give in to hazy memories of a cheap guitar, a torn bus ticket and clinging regrets of a song, unsung. Kim Klugh’s poetry (Yours Was the First Face, Afterwards, Jack’s Demise, Untitled) has appeared at vox poetica […]

Contributor Series 4: Aspects of the Elephant Virtual Love By Joan McNerney A long slim poem full of hyperbole and alliteration drifted into the wrong e-mail box. There she met an erudite rich text format manual. They became attached. Her fleeting metaphors lifting his technical jargon. They were a word couple spinning through cyberspace giddy […]