Open House
It’s the Day of the Dead. I send out invitations, set extra places at the table. Guests arrive. Everyone is […]
Nurses, Poems, Tributes
Essays, Nurses, Tributes
Nursing and the Word
First of all, I have to confess right off that I never wanted to be a nurse. When other ten-year-old
Poems
Stud Spray
Bernie doesn’t need artificial retardants. He walks around with carpet burns. “The key to sustenance…” Bernie begins. I lean in,
Awards, Poems
Of Unity and Wholeness
The problem with unity is the problem with the thesis, the ego, monotheism: Everything must fit into the Idea or
E-Reviews, S. A. Alfonso
MORNING IN THE BURNED HOUSE by Margaret Atwood
Review by S. A. Alfonso MORNING IN THE BURNED HOUSE by Margaret Atwood Houghton Mifflin Company 215 Park Avenue South
Awards, Poems
Corner Store
Brian Satrom CORNER STORE If there’d been an Asian-American Norman Rockwell, he might have painted a scene like this. The