Monthly Archives: April 2011

SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: NICOLAS DESTINO

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

SATURDAY MORNING by Nicolas Destino When you live alone you can put thing s where you wish. Alone, you can contaminate your own environment and spill olive oil on an orange floating in the sink. You can Sink where you … Continue reading →

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FRIDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: THOMAS WOLFE

Posted on April 29, 2011 by lezliemayers

A Stone, A Leaf, A Door by Thomas Wolfe …A stone, a leaf, an unfound door; Of a stone, a leaf, a door. And of all the forgotten faces. Naked and alone we came into exile. In her dark womb … Continue reading →

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The Coming Crisis of Global Food: Sneak Peek into Future Food Projects

Posted on April 25, 2011 by lhysjulien

By Liam Hysjulien While there is not enough time in the day to write about all of the current food problems—especially the upcoming global food crisis—I would like to provide two snippets of my recent writing on food (expected to … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: THE ACHE AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD: ISRAEL-PALESTINE PEACE POETRY

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

Editor’s Note: Peace is always a timely topic. Today much of the middle east is in a state of political unrest. Civil wars are raging, dictators are struggling to keep the masses under their control, and citizens are taking up … Continue reading →

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Henry Ford, Socialist

Posted on April 20, 2011 by John Unger Zussman

Henry Ford, Socialist By John Unger Zussman Detroit was a great town for labor when I grew up there in the ‘50s and ‘60s. While I never worked on the assembly lines—my uncle’s steel warehouse had first dibs on my … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: JAMES VALVIS

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

THE LINES AT ST. PAUL’S by James Valvis The nuns lined up the boys on one side, girls on the other. We lined up knowing God loved us and Jesus was God. We lined up understanding our place in heaven … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: LISA ZARAN

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Sivan Butler-Rotholz

By Lisa Zaran: RETICENCE Never does the world not fall into my lap. And if God Himself were to send me a private message, would I react? Knowing, possibly not knowing, reluctant in every passing thought. Nor trusting, holding the … Continue reading →

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FRIDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: DANIEL KHALASTCHI

Posted on April 8, 2011 by lezliemayers

I Think Maybe I Am Decomposing by Daniel Khalastchi I think maybe I am decomposing: It is Friday. I am sitting at a desk typing a letter to a friend who, in her great causation, has accused me of some … Continue reading →

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Book Review

Posted on April 6, 2011 by aiotb

Sloth by Mark Goldblatt (Greenpoint Press, 2010) reviewed by Duff Brenna Air the color of khaki, soot on windows prismed with sunlight, neon-skewed dust, the smell of engine fluid and pralines, steam rising from the hood of a truck, a … Continue reading →

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Hopeful Mushroom or Lonely Arugula?

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Billee Sharp

©MAYA HAYUK, Mushrooms 1 – 6, 2009  http://mayahayuk.com/ One of the first things I do every day is delete stuff out of my email inbox: heartlessly I trash LAST CHANCE TO SAVE POLAR BEARS along with many other invited entreaties … Continue reading →

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