Mother
It stormed the day you passed awayThe rain was as warm as my tearsYou gave up life with a sighAs though it was another disappointment gone byI shouldn’t have...
Snow Moon
It’s still a December’s Winter Moon - - -we so often forget the times we hold most dear.It should be our time right now ~whenever I see you, whenever I feel...
Alone... with Fire
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Unlikely Marriage
An Acrostic PoemUnless one looks out to see the othernever shall they meet.Lost in self,incapable of receiving,knowing nothing of their petitioner's...
The Diagnosis
(an excerpt from a memoir in progress)All the previous deaths were un-posted;word came by ring tone or Post, not postThe first death by email was Linda’s,the...
One View of New Edo
A night, black-suited young mensake smiling, jostling like little boysreleased from office cubicles, swarmthe streets chirping like pet crickets.Their...
Subaru Cowboy
(The existential dilemma of buying my first cowboy hat)On the one hand, buying my first cowboy hat was uncomplicated and painless. Nearly a year ago, I saw...
Life as a Mountain
Our essence, our lives, an alpine to scale.For climb it we must, no option to share.A tumble through daisies, a forget-me-not trail.A tot in the meadow, only...
Carrying Our Loads
Driving at night, my car a silent capsule pulled along the freeway’s string,big rigs with great dane snouts crawl up behind me, nudge the air, snortat...
I Love a Rainy Night
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Father's Day
Do you remember the wooden car you carvedBy hand or machine (I didn’t know which) butWe painted blue and ran in races somewhere(I didn’t know where) and even...
The Old Man
The old man looked up for a momenthe waved for me to come closertranslucent fingers like discarded shrimp shellsNo longer the cocky young seventeen year-...
Issue 4: Winter 2019
This fourth issue of eMerge Literary Magazine has compelled me to continue looking for that mysterious source that inspires such creativity. This issue is...
To a Tree
I frequently willread out loud to a tree But not just anybook and not just any tree
Time to Choose
kg-card-begin: markdown Two characters in a hospital room: Jack and an Angel of Death Jack: Old white man in a bed, with tubes and life-support systems, late...
Aren't His Medals Shiny?
kg-card-begin: markdown Hello? Oh yes, why don't you come on in? I've been expecting you. It isn't often someone comes to visit and talk about Billy. Here,...
I Went to School Today and I Survived
kg-card-begin: markdown Aware of your surroundings on the way to school Walking with friends are they really friends Slow down to go through the metal...
Pink Laces
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Advice
kg-card-begin: markdown By a lake shaped like a cartoon parrot We practiced the simple art. You were 17 and I was 19, two years between us and then I was...
Hung, the Boat Woman of Hue
kg-card-begin: markdown I raised the expectation, You shook your head sadly. Like fish in water and fowl in the air It’s not easy to meet… I saw you off on...