Volume 9, Issue 2
Things to do in Ulaanbaatar
Visit an old Buddhist monastery. / Take a tour of the cashmere factory. / Catch a lecture at the university. / View contemporary art in a gallery. / Toast…
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Volume 9, Issue 2
Angst the Color of Thunderstorms
I’ve lingered too long over texts / that fail to instruct but inflict / angst the color of thunderstorms. / My doctor could prescribe a pill / that would…
Volume 9, Issue 2
Bio-Rhythms, 24August25, 811pm
Twenty days ’til turning that big 8-0 / doing your damndest / to kick my multiple / middle of night / awakenings / (not unlike / our new / grand / child)…
Volume 9, Issue 2
Woodhaven
During the reading at the library / of my old school, I mentioned / a stone tower throwing light signals / to guide the freight trains’ / switchbacks and…
Volume 9, Issue 2
Finding Nomadic Refuge
When my mother lived in Prague / and I lived in her / my father collected papers / for our immigration / and I entered the refuge of a refugee / in a…
Volume 9, Issue 2
A Melancholy Tribute
When stars die, they disappear, / but we take no notice of them, / They take none of us. / Yes, but when something dies, / it should have a place / in a…
Volume 9, Issue 1
Caged Bird
In the narrow Msida yard where my daughter’s ancestors grow lettuce: a greenfinch. / My girl reaches her hand and makes an open-close motion, little paw…
Volume 9, Issue 1
Grief Song
After Immanuel Mifsud / Night fell and cars lit their headlamps. / Night fell and street lights flared. / Night fell and the sky glowed gold. / Night fell…
Volume 9, Issue 1
Afternoon Moon
After Nicole Gonzalez / In the afternoon the moon / gets up from its desk, / goes to the bus stop.