Maureen N. McLane, “notational / sufficiency”
I’ll make a note of it, I tell myself, and I do that much. So I have built a journal filled with phrases meant to remind me of experiences I had, but thos...
Category: poetry
Chase Twichell, “Makeshifts”
Knowledge is power, the saying goes. I confess I have not appreciated this enough. I’ll rant about the news. Try too hard to show I understand exactly why...
Sappho, “I took my lyre and said”
I took my lyre—Sappho at once pronounces herself bold, empowered, and vulnerable. Uttering a musical phrase invites others to be lost in note after note. Is the...
Sappho, “I confess / I love that which caresses me”
Love should have warmth, Sappho says guiltily. I confess / I love that which caresses me. Why voice any regret? Basic relationship advice, advice any one of us ...
Emily Dickinson, “An Hour is a Sea” (825)
An Hour is a Sea, I say to myself, wondering why today has looked like the same sheet of rain each hour I’ve been awake. But I also wonder why between the...