features & feathers (poem)

Red tail hawk landed in all its wherewithal on the branch from the cascade of the crowd at Dodger Stadium.… Read more features & feathers (poem)

April in Hollywood by Wanda Coleman

cool brisk fingers in my hair the fresh sweet bite of crisp red delicious apples service stations with “sorry no… Read more April in Hollywood by Wanda Coleman

I don’t remember seeing it at night. It would look like the groom at a wedding, in his black tuxedo… Read more Remembering the Pacific by Diane Wakoski

A present: tall, starch and stiff in the shape of a narrow tower, for Christmas is here again and… Read more The present

Holiday shifts double time, time and a half, time of time zones of perceived notions, tones, recipes for disaster and… Read more conversational shift

it would be one thing if i spent every night with my hair done up and my eyes carefully lined… Read more three