I’m building in this sprawling space, knowing my lot’s full of mud, with stone to crush, mix into cement and pour into a form I’m dreaming up, a footing that supports a structure, one line…
Date Archives March 2012
Awakening by Peter Schireson
Awakening to the sheet, soft and familiar, across her shoulder, to last night’s tea, cool in a cup on the table, her glasses, the clock, the phone by the bedside, all seem to stir, awakening…
The Righting Reflex by Piper Daniels
You like to remind me of a poem I wrote for you, something about fucking in a car on a crowded street, something we did that was supposed to be amazing but was revealed to…
Aurora Avenue by Piper Daniels
Today is the greenest this winter and wounds take to ripening. You hope no one will notice before the dark descends like a wave of panic over the Sound. Until then you will trace the…
Ismail’s Restaurant, Bitez, Turkey by Leonard Neufeldt
The midday sun boundless as the neighbor’s greeting. Hair on fire, I leave the lane’s narrowness to the oncoming tractor and turn into Ismail’s yard— gravel and palms. His wife smiles small sweat beads, bends…