Never Mind
By Poetry Issue 120
Called across, calling;
With a receptor there.
Woman of Song
By Poetry Issue 120
Just like you go looking for the rainbow.
Read MoreTo Arm Ourselves Instead with Questions
By Interview Issue 120
What I have decided, at least for now, is that I’m not afraid of the struggle. Jacob’s struggle with the man (or angel?) is my struggle. I’m not letting go. I’m holding on for the blessing. Blessing
Read MoreMountain Plover
By Poetry Issue 120
Isle of femur. Of scapular curl. Isle of skull.
Read MoreLong Obedience in the Same Direction
By Poetry Issue 120
It’s hard not to see
everything these days as prophecy, hard
not to hear a rooster crow and not wonder
how many betrayals are underway.
The Opposite of Melancholia
By Essay Issue 120
Anna was an atheist until one month ago. Now she wants to become a nun.
Read MoreMine Own Tom Wyatt
By Poetry Issue 120
Starve, he said,
attraction’s fever, fill your mouth with prayer
instead.
Marine Forecast
By Poetry Issue 120
I breathe the meadow smell of storm-turned sea.
Read MoreThe Open-Armed, Beckoning Embrace
By Essay Issue 120
In much the same way as acute myocardial infarction becomes the final fatal symptom of coronary artery disease, my daughter’s leap from the Golden Gate Bridge was the final fatal symptom of the depression, the melancholia, the psychological distress she’d suffered from most of her life.
Read MoreChristina Beyond the Curtain
By Poetry Issue 120
how
many hours did my ear sojourn to the rhythm of her yellow tongue?