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Poetry: “Blue Fig”, Featuring Image: “Purple Yam”
blue fig my shoulder bone hooks soft and bruised beneath your arm tenderly threaded hands slide inside blush of blood wrists rotate round waist cupped together cold limbs blanket from arching branch in the windy night smell of sweetness against your winter jacket our flesh leaks Written By: Lisa Graves About the Author:…
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Poetry: “Autumn in New York”, Featuring Image: “The Fog”
songbook: Autumn in New York Why does it seem, long after I left, long after she left, autumn invites Aunt Stella down from her penthouse to walk her way into it, just a few blocks east, until 93rd stops being west. And the hurried grid of Manhattan spread-eagles suddenly onto rocks and grass and…
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Poetry: “Three Cloves of Garlic”, Featuring Image: “Lion Chops”
Three Cloves of Garlic The members of the allium family remained whole, its Gilroy roots still bonded together, hidden underneath the dry soil along the narrow highway but the Romeros lost a 6-year old, standing 4ft tall, a chubby cheeked smile, and as an arid light breeze blew through the festive food court, a…
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Fiction: “Miss Pandora”, Featuring Image: “Geary”
Miss Pandora The man who identified himself as Mr. Foley, looked at me from across the table. “The only responsibility you’ll have is to take care of my mother’s pet birds.” “That seems simple enough”, I said. “Well, it isn’t.” Foley’s voice had taken on an edge. Then he sighed. “Look, there are some things…
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Fiction: “HoH”, Featuring Image: “Haze”
HOH You liked her as soon as you first heard her speak while both of you were inside the elevator on your way to the fifth floor – she with that distinct, Michelle-Pfeiffer-sultry voice that coos and mesmerizes the Fabulous Baker Boys while she sings on top of the piano. You were meant to…
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Poetry: “Courage of our Ancestors”, Featuring Image: “Maya Angelou”
Courage of our ancestor My grandmother was named after one of the Adelitas in the Mexican revolution The dresses she sewed for my sisters and cousins, were Art We walked for miles, in the Colonia de San Andres hills, selling her dresses door to door She was home for me, an inner home With her…
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Poetry: “Essential Processes to the Development of a Sense of Self”, Featuring Image: “Zion’s Watchman”
Essential Processes to the Development of a Sense of Self You string a hammock up beneath the willow within a thicket of oaks and redwoods, your body swings gently back and forth, back and forth, time to relax—inhale a deep breath of crisp fresh air, savor the soothing scents of eucalyptus, appreciate…
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Order
Order The magnets spelled out the A B Cs Or they should have, to my mind My friend arranged them in any order I told him he was wrong I knew how to read after all Even if I was faking it half the time I wanted to be…
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Fiction: “How to Time Travel”, Featuring Image: “Hedy Lamar”
“How to Time Travel” Google “YouTube.” Revisit clips of shows from ABC’s TGIF lineup, along with Nickelodeon cartoons if there’s time. Make time. Do this periodically, every weekend, for a span of five years. Mourn when you’ve found out your favorite clips have been taken down for violating copyright infringement laws. You dry your…
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Fiction: “All the Way to New York”, Featuring Image: “Through Rose-Colored Glasses”
All the Way To New York She was too young to go to New York with dad, her mom had told her. Besides this was a business trip. It would be boring for little girls. But she could come to the airport and kiss him goodbye. On the ride home she stretched out in the…
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