by Andi Penner cleaved in two each tiny green dot boiled with onion, bay leaf no pattern or rhyme chaos roiling in a copper pot with basil, pepper thyme, and parsley chopped carrots, celery, leftover ham watching, stirring maintaining the flame comfort simmers...
by Susan Haifleigh When is light more precious, rising from darkness, hearts in resistance test faith persisting in the face of unease, the gift, triumph of faith over fear the heart that breaks, breaks in shadow, gracefully resisting the call for truth speak,...
by Loretta Huerta Sixty four years between us. You, an Earth Day baby, and a rare water tiger at that. I leave you my inheritance. Open llanos that I once roamed until the NM sunset painted the sky in reverse, ending with a fiery red. Sandia Mountains, they...
by Dr. Gina T. Ogorzaly Every late winter, I mother the earth with compost. I mother my house plants with music, tender caresses, and thanks for their beauty. I mother my cat cuddled on my chest. Loud purrs soothing my heartbeat. I mother my dog, dosing him...
by Josephine LoRe Scientists captured the flash of light that sparks when sperm meets egg I knew I walked from the bed to the bathroom and knew a life inside my life a spark within my spark a flick pictured you infinitesimal then the size of a grain of flaxseed waving...
by Dee Horne Early morning. No warning. Fires fueled by hurricane winds, travel a mile a minute leaving little time to escape some to the sea others to cars, soon left behind flames so hot cars, buildings melt. Trees, power lines down communication. Food,...
