*after Dick Laurie How do I forgive the passage of years,the melancholy of remindersas I sit in Starbucks writing. Businessmen do deals,tutors teach their students,nurses study for exams,loners treasure time alone.Espresso squirts a whssssh!Adele serenades us. Laughter, squealsof babies rocked in car seats by their mothers.Doors slam. Suddenly I’m disoriented at my place in time,IContinue reading “Years”
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Window with a View
Temptation
My Quarantine Birthday
Blunderland
Cast Iron Skillet
Next Morning, Picking Blueberries
A Veteran of Love and Self-Pity
Both Sides Now
By Shieva Salehnia They say what breaks your heart open also opens your eyes, and in that moment, you have the chance to grow, to become the person you have always wanted to be. But it’s hard to let go, to give in to the breaking. I turned 30 years old in Brooklyn. Three yearsContinue reading “Both Sides Now”
After-School Mumble Rap With Tevin
By Liz Posner Every day after school, the squeak of rubber on linoleum told me Tevin had arrived. I’d been a Title I classroom teacher for one week, and already Tevin Walker latched on to me like a duckling. He rolled his bicycle into my classroom for tutoring, whether he needed help with an assignmentContinue reading “After-School Mumble Rap With Tevin”
