Stories | Poetry
Two poems by Ginger Andrews
Published March 17, 2010
O That Summer my sister and I both wound up back in Coos Bay, basket cases, lonely as hell. She was recovering from drugs and alcohol, I was newly divorced, a Sunday School teacher with no ...
For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry
Published March 10, 2010
For first he looks upon his fore-paws to see if they are clean. For secondly he kicks up behind to clear away there. For thirdly he works it upon stretch with the fore paws extended. For ...
1994
Published March 3, 2010
i was leaving my fifty-eighth year when a thumb of ice stamped itself hard near my heart you have your own story you know about the fears the tears the scar of disbelief you know that ...
1989
Published Feb. 24, 2010
Because AIDS was slaughtering people left and right, I went to a lot of memorial services that year. There were so many, I’d pencil them ... More Post a comment
Two Poems by Christina Rossetti
Published Feb. 17, 2010
Song When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be ... More Comment (1)
El Zapato
Published Feb. 10, 2010
Not the wooden spoon, primordial source of sweetness and pain, flying across the kitchen — I barely bothered to duck. Not my father undoing his ... More Comments (2)
Kissing
Published Feb. 3, 2010
They are kissing, on a park bench, on the edge of an old bed, in a doorway or on the floor of a church. Kissing ... More Post a comment
Dover Beach
Published Jan. 28, 2010
The sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the French coast the light Gleams and is ... More Comments (3)
Swimming
Published Jan. 20, 2010
for Marilyn My old friend and I step down into the pool’s warm chlorinated water, no longer thin, dark-haired girls as when we met. We ... More Comments (5)
My Agent Says
Published Jan. 13, 2010
My agent says Los Angeles will call. My broker says to sell without delay. My doctor says the spot is very small. My lover says ... More Comments (7)
