Naomi Shihab Nye: Different Ways to Pray
There was the method of kneeling, a fine method, if you lived in a country where stones were smooth. The women dreamed wistfully of bleached courtyards, hidden corners where knee … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: You in the Mercedes
You in the Mercedes with a phone clamped to your ear honking at the farmer who’s had the temerity to drive a tractor, slowly, in a no-passing zone, in front … Continue reading
Sheila Squillante: Cry, Baby
I pull the car into our spot in the driveway, just in front of the ornamental grasses I planted to hide the water meter from plain view — a blight … Continue reading
Michael Simms: The Master Potter
Today I visited my friend Bill Foglia who’s a master potter. He’s a founding member and the landlord of Penn Avenue Pottery, an artists’ cooperative located in the Strip District, … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Hillary will win in November unless…
Hillary will win in November unless Americans want to end Social Security, Medicare & aid to public schools Now the media attacks on Hillary will begin in earnest, if for … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: The Overcoat
I carried that coat until the end, pockets stuffed with all I could not throw away: an open knife that cut my hand when I reached in for it, a … Continue reading
Sarah Browning: This Is the Poem
. I am on the Parkway with Fred, driving home from Baltimore to DC. We’ve been to a packed . and riotous tribute to Ms. Lucille Clifton at the public … Continue reading
Bob Lange: On Looking at the Night Sky
The whale knows nought of the sequoia, who knows nought of the aspen, who knows nought of the plankton, who knows nought of what is called Jupiter nor cerebellum nor … Continue reading
Video: Watch 570 Million Years of Evolution on Earth In 60 Seconds
Long story short, we’re pretty new around here.
John Samuel Tieman: War Without Cost and Patriotism Without Sacrifice or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Draft
It is the logic of our times, No subject for immortal verse— That we who lived by honest dreams Defend the bad against the worse. — Cecil Day-Lewis . I … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Every Process of Living Begins with Short Steps
A hint of yellow shine appears at the window while the weak ticking of the clock is heard again between mumbled words. Our house is like an old man humming … Continue reading
Eduardo Galeano: Sacrilegious Women
. In the year 1901, Elisa Sánchez and Marcela Gracia got married in the church of Saint George in the Galician city of A Coruña. Elisa and Marcela had loved … Continue reading
Paul Christensen: Disunited States
The recent invitation John Boehner extended to Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress was an unprecedented sign of disharmony between Republicans and Democrats. Usually, heads of state … Continue reading →