Aug 01
Immigration Interview with Jay Leno by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo What is your objective? To return all the children hidden behind the street lamps. How long do you plan on staying here? I don’t understand the question. I said how long do you plan on staying here? We would have drowned even without our laughter. Is …
Jul 31
After the Auction, I Bid You Good-Bye by Aimee Nezhukumatathil You elbow me with your corduroy jacketwhen a box chock-full of antique marbles comes up.I can’t hear your whispers above the auctioneer’s racket. The clipped speech of the auctioneer crackedme up when you impersonated him in bed. Like a wild, thick mopI soak up every copper …
Jul 30
Talent by Layli Long Soldier my first try I made a hit it dropped from morning gray the smallest shadow both wings slippedinward mid-flight the man barked Now I shot again and again a third time with each arrowthrough the target I thought was it luck or was it skill luck or skill as the …
Jul 29
Sweet Onion Soup by Tim Seibles When a man is killedthe wind doesn’t cool his faceand the sky is like an urn, likea painted bowl turned over on him.He’s so weak lying there—his hand is like a starfish too far from the sea.He would like to lift it up andplace it over his face to …
Jul 28
Passive Voice by Laura Da’ I use a trick to teach studentshow to avoid passive voice. Circle the verbs.imagine inserting “by zombies”after each one. Have the words been claimedby the flesh-hungry undead?If so, passive voice. I wonder if thesesixth graders will recollect,on summer vacation,as they stretch their legson the way homefrom Yellowstone or Yosemiteand the …
