Daphne Rewarmed
My pulse was in my ears echoing beneath stone walls; pomegranate and chestnut trees shaded the courtyard, leaves immobile in the dry desert. I pulled… Read More »Daphne Rewarmed
My pulse was in my ears echoing beneath stone walls; pomegranate and chestnut trees shaded the courtyard, leaves immobile in the dry desert. I pulled… Read More »Daphne Rewarmed
Located on the border of Louisiana and Arkansas, everyone bought beer at Earl’s Half & Half. It was a goldmine. The liquor half was in… Read More »Shooting at the Half & Half
Like Jill, I climbed, or more exactly, drove up the hill. Over the last seven years, developers had transformed Campus Drive from a weed patch… Read More »Jack and Jill
A week after I returned from my oldest sister’s funeral, my eye fastened in the library upon the title of a book–Sisters by Daisy Johnson. It had… Read More »Surviving Life’s Storms: Sisters by Daisy Johnson
I leapt across the sinkhole along Leona Canyon, the place where I hike past Bay Laurel Trees and buckeyes, a stream now subdividing the pathway… Read More »Atmospheric River
1. RFK and JFK, a bridge and an airport, but in another part of NYC, I leave my sister in the ground, it wasn’t a… Read More »For My Sister, Elaine Altman
Using two opposable thumbs my future unfolds never a dull moment– at the gym between sets, at the cashier waiting on line, watching the evening… Read More »Still Life with a Cellphone
I share the road with the darting lizard, greet other hikers where before there was only a quickening to save myself from saying hello. I hear… Read More »Day of the Dead Million
Flat like an envelope begging to be opened, scolding me for not making a donation or missing a sale. For the life of me, I don’t… Read More »Relief Pitcher
I do sit ups on a mat beneath a clock. Two guys rack weights and argue about where to find the best lengua from food… Read More »Lengua