A House Divided
In this poem, Marjorie Maddox considers the potential for salvation in catastrophe when we open our eyes to change.
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Jason Byassee examines fatherhood, mortality, resurrection, and the hope of a good surf.
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In "Marrow," Amy McCann finds something sinister in the supposed comfort and beauty of a late summer evening, the birds roosting at dusk "something to nerve to."
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The Windsor Report, 10/18/04 The toppling wakes me from sleep, that sweet retreat to denial, the state that makes it easier to dismiss destruction. Open eyes collect dust, allow the beams in near the...
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My kids mastered the beach for the first time this year. They waded out into the water and stood there while waves broke over them. And they didn’t always get knocked down. “Knees bent!” I’d yell over...
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O underneath. O tawdry sky at dusk, pink and orange fluorescent, loud rasp of cicadas in the maples—O feeling in my gut that ousts contentment. Earlier the air felt gentle, generous as Saturday. The...
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