by Karen Benke
On the walk home my son and I gather leaves.
At the kitchen table he colors them blue.
One by one, we tape them to the window
next to the pink snowflakes he and his babysitter make. Continue reading
Category Archives: Poetry
Blue Leaves
Filed under Poetry
Whales
by Lisa C. Taylor
When the whale dominates
the frame,
everything that isn’t whale
becomes insignificant. Continue reading
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On Letting Go
by Erik Moyer
It starts with a sinking feeling,
pennies slowly unpinched.
They pool like sentimentals
in a dented box, head hung
and eyes down, a pink slip
wadded in your pocket. Continue reading
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Inca Child
by Elisabeth Murawski
They carry him up the mountain,
give him chicha to calm.
What is an honor? Continue reading
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Afloat
by Cooper Young
Today, the stars are hidden
behind a veil of blue.
The waves turn themselves
inside out, and my parents
bob in the water, beyond the break. Continue reading
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