By Ian Randall Wilson EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Flags are waving with the violenceof veterans who hold them out.Around the square people trying to remember. The grass has been replanted.12 times in the last 2 years.Still it won’t grow. The body sickens and recoversfattens…
By Ira Rabois We all have things we fear. For several people I know, spiders are high on their list. For me, it was only big, hairy ones. There is something so primal about them. In 1969, I served in the Peace…
Lisa A. Listwa is wife to the nicest guy on the planet, mother to one glorious handful of a daughter, and reluctant but devoted owner of three rotten cats, affectionately nicknamed “the Rottens.” Her eclectic career history includes being a legal secretary,…
The Trumpan™ Women [A Tragedy with Haiku] Chorus: Like smoke blown to heaven on the wings of the wind, our country, our conquered country, perishes. Its palaces are overrun by the fierce flames and the murderous spear. Euripides The Trojan Women Orange has…
By LindaAnn Lo Schiavo “Bohemia is a place where everyone is as good as everyone else!” In January 1971, when I was working a full-time job while attending college and trying to launch myself as a freelance writer, I had recently moved to…
***TW for descriptions/mentions of abuse, sexual violence, and miscarriage*** May in Michigan makes me miss past lovers. The warmer days (but not too hot yet) lead to open windows, and open windows lead to sensory memories like – bachata from passing cars,…
I know why people make such a big deal out of the first time. It’s the only thing you can never do over. Like — your favorite food never tastes as good as the first time you had it! And, that joke is…
By Dori Owen My fondest memory of summer growing up in small town Arizona is my brother and I riding our bikes to the Elks Lodge swimming pool, about four blocks from our home. The pool seemed nearly Olympic-sized to me as…
I think I understand a bit more about love than I did 25 years ago. At first, for me, I loved my Mum; she provided for me, gave me kisses when I needed attention and was there for me always. I didn’t…
