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Two Poems by Alice Rothchild

By | 2021-06-14T10:02:45-07:00 June 19th, 2021|Categories: Issue 131: 19 June 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Thoughts on walking by rippling grey water under a darkened sky In the days before stretch marks, second husbands, morning stiffness, encore careers. In the days when we couldn’t imagine finding weed and condoms secreted under our teenagers’ beds. Or knowing the location of every hidden bathroom in innumerable coffee shops, Whole Foods, Farmers’ Markets. [...]

Passing On Fire

By | 2021-06-18T15:37:22-07:00 June 19th, 2021|Categories: Issue 131: 19 June 2021|Tags: , , , |

By Joyce Frohn   My grandmother called herself a "tomboy." She bragged that she could chop wood and bale hay as fast as the men. And then they sat down and read the paper while she baked fine biscuits and pie. She loved hunting, motorcycles and gardening. She raised four children in a boxcar, teaching the [...]