March 19, 2022 Rye, NH I touch my collarbone where the necklace rested, a strand of oblong orange beads. The jeweler said that Steve knew...

Mountains Hidden in Mountains Always my right side tugging me on, my right eye weeping, the furious liver, shouting. Always a rising, a...

Talking with Elizabeth Elizabeth Jacobson and I have been friends since the day we met, ten years ago or so, in Miami, where she and her...

We asked some poets the question: What’s a poet to do living in a world increasingly angry, leaning towards fascism, war-torn, racist,...

I, who came back from the depths laughing too loudly, Become another thing; My eyes extend beyond the farthest bloom of the waves; I lose...

Alone Among the Many Take a table near the window. See through it— although the glare may cut your eyes in half. See to it— that you...

Greek Myths Are Overrated Aren’t you sick of Greek myths? So removed from reality. Sick of Oedipus killing his father again and again on...

Rocco, Patron Saint of Pestilence You do the Monday crossword, cheating frequently because your mind works in no way you recognize. It is...

Sugar & Salt After a breakup I joined a speed dating affair held in a cavernous hotel ballroom. Socially distant singles of all ages...

Open Heart In memory of Dr. Lawrence Cohn At last, a man after my own heart. Doesn’t crack a smile.  Doesn’t minimize the gravity of the...

A Brief History of Divorce Comes from the Greek: Divide         Divert. Now diverse issues deter demand until death do part. Deuteronomy...

Summer of Protest Sometimes a kid crossing a street is just a kid crossing a street, his fade haircut just a haircut, his gait just a...

Deployment Online, I find a picture of your ship crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, the rising sun a golden grimace sailors lined up at...

The girls I grew up with were slick after Karyna McGlynn & sweet as Splenda, saccharine, four packets please, they soak you sickly until...

Conversion Therapy for a Straight Razor After you left, the bathroom sink overflowed. A plumber arrived, dismantled pipes, removed what...

Ekphrastic, On Anxiety, My Golden-Caped Lover while viewing Klimt’s “The Kiss” If art is a line around our thoughts as Gustav Klimt...

After Seeing Queer Teens Holding Hands on the Sidewalk I remember he tried to kiss me, so I blew him. Cold cover of snow bank. Memory,...

Tsankawi We take the trail carved in volcanic tuff, climbing toward the site of an ancient pueblo until we’re blocked by rocks, the...

Persimmon While waiting for friends in an alleyway you might make a detour and come upon a persimmon tree; it’s branches bare save for...

Paradoxical Lucidity for my father in the future    we will say that you suffered Alzheimer’s although suffer is not the right word you...