Category: Published Issues
Special Olympics, Brockport, 1979
by William Heyen At the track, I served as hugger. My job — to congratulate the runners, finishers or not, winners or winners, even those who
Trailing Clouds of Glory, 1994
by William Heyen The Hutu leader of a small Rwandan village suffered from his government’s rebuke: he’d been lax in “bush-clearing” — in cutting
Force
by William Heyen Iwo Jima, 1945 — a small boat intercepted a transport evacuating a wounded Marine, asked for the casualty, was granted
Manhole
by Emily Carmen Manholes allow access to underground structures. I fell into one today and hit my head on cement. Now, my DNA twists about
Wet Onions
by Emily Carmen At night, I gather up oblivion, breathing in shadows through fertile earth and the scent of moments gone. I do it for you, and
the consideration of men
by normal “Sing love and life and love All that lives is Holy. The unholiest, most holy all.” — Bob
The Safety of Flight
by normal “I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years. And I still
the last jungle
normal the last jungle “ — bang is the meaning of a gun” — ee cummings some fires never die. there were 2 old ’boes
Desert is the Memory of Water
by Jack Myers After I am gone and the ache begins to cease and the slow erosion I felt, being years ahead of you, starts to invade you too,
Art
by Jack Myers is a quality of attention, the way color says how light feels: yellow for the aerosol of happiness, black for the zero of what