Emma at First Base

Some days I wish I werethe web of my daughter’s first baseman’s glove, the snapof a yellow softball loud in my ears, leatherarms hugged tight around it, muffling the rabid crowdwhen I squeeze it sa…

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Lake Catherine, Dusk

The closer this sun gets             to the horizon line, the fasterthe lake flows east       &nb…

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We kissed like thieves

You, Me, and the Nightstorms
Trevor Patricia Watkin

#Poetry #TrevorPatriciaWatkin #Orchard #Storm #Night #Kiss #WhaleRoadReview

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You, Me, and the Nightstorms

We took the trail past the orchard,past brittle bones clawingwhere apples once fell heavyand foxglove waited under musky husk. The sky was full of something half-divine—a thunderhead that knew us b…

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Genie

The way Barbara Eden used to loungein her fancy bottle, floppingonto that circular purple sofapiled high with velvet pillows,is the way I imagine my fatherloafing inside of his marble urn.Only inst…

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Anniversary Trip—Year 3

The new name settles in. A veil of teal falling.     A calving glacier. In New Haventhe ocean comes out of nowhere.     Waves relaid upon the shore…

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Permission Slip

I hereby authorize _____________ to: wear shoes that are comfortable; let white hairs breed at the temples and ask what hiding them ever brought you; spoon honey into dark tea; walk when you are ti…

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You’ll call the priest when you have time

Reasons Why You Still Haven’t Buried That Brown Paper Bag
Megan Stolz

#Poetry #MeganStolz #Ashes #Reasons #WhaleRoadReview #AllSoulsDay #Easter

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Reasons Why You Still Haven’t Buried That Brown Paper Bag

It’s comforting to see it on the home altar, swaddled in a rosary.You’ll call the priest when you have time for a small ceremony.He’ll at least have a script to follow.You’re not sure what to tell …

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Make cómo se dice a regular addition to your vocabulary.

How to learn castellano
Courtney Justus

#Poetry #CourtneyJustus #Castellano #WhaleRoadReview #CorpusChristi #Argentina

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How to learn castellano

Start with the colors of the rainbow, then more. Add the animalsyou’ve only seen in zoos. A turquoise elephant. Elefante turquesa.Learn that the word for doll and wrist are the same. Learn to dance…

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I don’t know what we expected

The Gar
Charlene Pierce

#Poetry #CharlenePierce #Gar #Fish #WhaleRoadReview

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The Gar

The fish barely fit in Dad’s twelve-pack cooler.It looked alien mad. The long, skinny mouth snapped a thousand razor-sharp teethat anything that moved. We all stood still, gathered around the coole…

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My 11-yr-old shakes her head, exasperated

Why do YOU love Taylor Swift?
Jane Muschenetz

#Poetry #JaneMuschenetz #TaylorSwift #WhaleRoadReview #Music

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Why do YOU love Taylor Swift?

My 11-yr-old daughter’s question holds only possibilitiesfor admiration, no room in her “Taylor-made” world for detractors—            &n…

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