Sep 15
Perfect for Any Occasion by Alberto Rios 1. Pies have a reputation.And it’s immediate—no talk of potential Regarding a pie. It’s goodOr it isn’t, but mostly it is—sweet, very sweet Right then, right there, blue and red.It can’t go to junior college, Work hard for the grades,Work two jobs on the side. It can’t slowly …
Sep 14
Joy by Miller Oberman Like the time I dreamt about a loon family,just some common loons—not metaphorsin any way, just real loons in a lake swimmingnear each other so it was clear they were a set,preferring each other’s company in the coldstill lake with its depth of reflected pines.The curve of their black heads and …
Sep 13
Hip-Hop Ghazal by Patricia Smith Gotta love us brown girls, munching on fat, swinging blue hips,decked out in shells and splashes, Lawdie, bringing them woo hips. As the jukebox teases, watch my sistas throat the heartbreak,inhaling bassline, cracking backbone and singing thru hips. Like something boneless, we glide silent, seeping ‘tween floorboards,wrapping around the hims, …
Sep 12
The Delight Song of the Tsaoi-talee by N. Scott Momaday I am a feather on the bright skyI am the blue horse that runs in the plainI am the fish that rolls, shining, in the waterI am the shadow that follows a childI am the evening light, the lustre of meadowsI am an eagle playing …
Sep 11
The Word That Is a Prayer by Ellery Akers One thing you know when you say it: all over the earth people are saying it with you; a child blurting it out as the seizures take her, a woman reciting it on a cot in a hospital. What if you take a cab through the …
