from A Conversation with Peter Munro
Peter Munro was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1957. He was raised in small fishing towns, including Sitka, Alaska, which […]
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If This Is Middle Age Then I’ll Die at 93.667
I’m old enough this horniness should lapse. I’m told it will. Mortgage. College fund. Worry. I’ve fallen into all the
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Tuning Fork
Now I remember: I was telling strangers at the birthday party about all the ways in which our cells are
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Four Haiku
at the barre the graceful arms of a spiral galaxy a touch of sleet— my son’s voice
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Grandmother:
You looked at me and saw my mother’s face. We thought old age meant occasional slips— back then, we didn’t
Mummies
When children ask if it’s frightening
when they come alive, I tell them yes,
of course it is, it’s absolutely terrifying