F Is for Fear
And it is raining. Someone left an upright piano
beside a steep road. Its case exposed like a throat.
For Daddy on His Birthday
My dad is a strong
tree. He can never be broken
by thunder or ice storms.
You Don’t Have to Choose
Image: “A Lonesome Border” by Carmella Dolmer. “You Don’t Have to Choose” was written by Beth Copeland for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, May 2023, and selected as the Associate Editor’s Choice.
The Towering Text U
The Towering Text series explores the architecture of language, thinking about letters as the bedrock for the programming of the mind. On the other hand, letters are asemic objects, ink (or pixels) randomly arranged that become meaningful by convention and repetition.
I-95 Corridor
This is where I was cited
for reckless driving
and my uncle quipped
95 is the route number,
not the speed limit.