by Anuja Ghimire Agnes left the prayer hall before the pianist returned to her seat and the happy people who stood up to applaud the middle-aged woman noticed. She needed to wash the baby’s face from her eyes. Sharon had carried him like a prize. He wiggled his feet near the sparkling water, looked at Agnes, and smiled. And Sharon Read More
Tag: oct 14 2019
My Grandpa Knew Mr. Parkinson
by Bojana Stojcic “Let me help you, Grandfather,” said a voice to the old man as he stumbled walking away from the table. Grandpa nodded back, put on his hat he wore with style and, with a profound mistrust of anything new, left the room, unsure about where they had met. “Even elephants forget,” Grandpa joked. What he didn’t see Read More
Blueberry Waffles & A Side of Poignancy
by Neel Trivedi Chip Taylor opened his eyes as a shrieking sound pierced through his ears and painfully made its way to his head. He cursed himself for setting the sound so loud as he reached over and turned the alarm off his phone. As he checked his messages, he looked at the day. It’s Sunday, he thought. He paused Read More
At Elephants World, near Kanchanaburi
by Randel McCraw Helms In Thailand, aged, blinded elephants transportAt the piano of volunteer Paul Barton,Whose love of animals and music willAlter your saddened heart. At a sanctuaryFor abused and damaged working elephantsHe has placed an old upright in a meadow.When he plays her favorite Beethoven, Lam Duan(“Yellow-Flowered Tree”), her crusted eyes streaming,Will slowly pace from the bush, trunk tip Read More
All Poets Have an Alpha & Omega Poem: Here’s Mine
by John Dorroh Let me see the speckled trout that droppedinto your lap. The lemon butter sauce splayed out on your dress, two capers for eyes, swimmingup into the mysterious channel. Fish has to be preparedjust right, and most of the time it’s not. Professionalchefs tell us that it’s easy. It’s like driving to Bumfuck,Florida. It’s easy only if you’ve Read More