Sunday, April 30, 2006

MOTHERS WILL MAKE PEACE

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by Mary Saracino "Mothers will make peace, so sons will not die." --Huda, a Palestinian journalist living in Jordan, as quoted in...
Saturday, April 29, 2006

NUESTRO HIMNO

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NEW CLASSIC VERSE NEWS After Francis Scott Key Verse 1 Oh say can you see, a la luz de la aurora? Lo que tanto aclamamos la noche al caer? S...
Friday, April 28, 2006

OPENING DAY

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by Rochelle Ratner 1. The Bar-Mitzvah Boy He's never been much of a baseball fan, but Cincinnati's right across the river and the Pr...
Thursday, April 27, 2006

CHOMSKY GRILLING LINGUICA (PART 3)

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by Rochelle Owens To read Part 1 of “Chomsky Grilling Linguica” click here. To read Part 2 of "Chomsky Grilling Linguica" click ...
Wednesday, April 26, 2006

PERSEPHONE ELOPES

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by Verandah Porch Watch her steps on any ancient frieze: He’s a terrorist; she’s his mission: the country he’ll kill for. He say’s he’ll blo...
Tuesday, April 25, 2006

DOGMEAT

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by Barbara Schweitzer Lions are not lustful when they lunge They are hungry same as you and me reaching for the BLT's or tuna melt...
Monday, April 24, 2006

OUT-OF-STATE

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by Lisa Suhair Majaj The guy says, “I need to see some ID.” She shrugs, starts digging through her scuffed brown leather bag. She’s got wiry...
Sunday, April 23, 2006

AQUIFER

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by Carol Dorf In the marrow of the world stygobites retreat from light to live protected, translucent lives. At a lab in Bethesda, the Radia...
Saturday, April 22, 2006

WEPT; SMILED/S

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by Bill Costley Hitler wept; Stalin smiled.* Stalin wept; Khruschev smiled. Khruschev wept; Gorbachev smiles. Agnew wept; Nixon smiled. Nixo...
Friday, April 21, 2006

DEATH ON ASPHALT

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by Michele F. Cooper City crows skirt the Volvos and taxis, train their satin thoughts on the body of a woman draped across a boulder of bri...
Thursday, April 20, 2006

RADIO BROADCAST

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by Lynne Burnett Snowflakes feathering the trail below the highway. A young fellow, toqued and sweatered, strides out of the woods where he...
Wednesday, April 19, 2006

THE REVOLT OF THE GENERALS

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by Anne G. Davies Retired generals aren't all so chummy As once they seemed to be with Rummy. There was wrath amid the upper ranks At ov...
Tuesday, April 18, 2006

SCIMITAR MOON

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by Robert Emmett two maybe three cats near the compost pile quarter past three in the morning winding their unholy sirens like demented kids...
Monday, April 17, 2006

A WOMAN IS WAITING

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by Tara L. Masih Black roads turn white with salt. Ice shingles slide down the roof startling her to a nocturnal alertness. She sees him bur...