Jared, I speak to you as if you’re still here. The sun is shining, and we’re in the vineyard again. I want to tell you the things I should have before you came home on a Friday night and your brother shot that damn gun. You were the glue and the glue isn’t supposed to … Continue reading »
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blue & green by Susie Sweetland Garay
8 love poems by Susie Sweetland Garay
I Side by side we sit on plastic chairs, looking out over the river as we move through it. It is the day after high school graduation. We are surrounded by friends and giddy with our accomplishment – but unsure of what comes next. In two weeks I will start college. In just days we … Continue reading »
You Are Now Entering the Realm of Eros by Moriah LaChapell
In the space between breath and paper resides the romantic thinker a curse of red wine headache dreams that cling like thorny wet socks in heavy leather boots worn through each day. But, the sex sure can be great. Continue reading »
Viognier
Moriah LaChapell Viognier is a distinct, aromatic wine variety. It is a low acid grape with high sugar content. Due to the higher sugar content of the grape, it produces higher alcohol wine with floral and stone fruit aromas. Perfume, peaches and apricots are aromas that are often associated with a good Viognier. It … Continue reading »
Betraying Alice Walker – Moriah LaChapell
Lately I’m drawn to male poets. Not just any rather the good ones. I think it’s because I don’t want to just write my feelings. Jesus, we all have them. Instead I want to learn mechanism. Like riding in a fast car with a blue-jeaned man smiling and I can’t hear him over the engine. … Continue reading »
past lives by Susan Sweetland Garay
a coworker tells me in the midmorning of her memories of past lives and I am momentarily speechless. I have lost a certain normalcy to my daily life. The routine is there but it’s all a beat or two off, a step behind and I can’t manage to catch up. It seems we are always … Continue reading »
