Good morning America, Where Are You? by Joan Gelfand Now that the buck has stopped The jig is up The well done run Dry your eyes. You’re done. The party’s over the game is played The bad boys took off … Continue reading
Our bodies warm the room together by Christian McCusker The cold comes in from outside so one of the students stands up to close the window, to stop the draft. We all agree this should be done. In the classroom, … Continue reading
First Responders by Howard J Kogan Oh how we love to love our fire fighters and EMT’s – counting on them to save us in the worst of times. Waving the red white and blue, applauding, standing at attention, saluting … Continue reading
American History by Susan Rich Someday soon I’ll be saying, at school there were chalkboards, at school we read books made of paper, we drank milk from small cartons. We drew. At school we liked children unlike us studied evolution, … Continue reading
two untitled poems from American Amnesiac by Diane Raptosh We have to tolerate inequality as a way to gain prosperity for all, someone told me Goldman Sachs’ Lord Griffiths said at London’s Southwark Church last fall. What kind of sense … Continue reading