Barbara WimsattThe Evolution of SpringI get drunk on trees On bare branches strung together Beautifully laced Tiny buds greenly sugaring the sky And the starburst of magnolias...
Linda CastronovoElizabeth Castronovo 1962-2022My sister Elizabeth was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) in August 2000, two months after her 38th birthday. Married and...
Jane McPhetres JohnsonApplausewalking on dead leaves blood reds, skin tints, old fool's gold soles on souls, clapping Hakuin Ekaku’s well-known koan: “Two hands clap...
Stephanie ShafranA Call to Arms: Aventuras en Las Sierras Guadarramas In the fall of 1971, at the outset of my junior year abroad as a student at Smith College, I had an...
Mycelia C.Without WordsWe walk without words through the near pasture where Monarchs flit above flowers, Larks build grass houses, an old birch tree towers....
