Author: Blair

• Tunnel Vision

  Jan 5

  Tunnel Vision by Beverlee Blair is a liminal, slightly surreal piece about a tunnel that is more than mere infrastructure.… more ›

• A Kairos Moment

  Aug 5

  I was seven and on an errand for my Nana. I left the house in its usual bedlam, my brother… more ›

• Cusp of Heaven Pt. 2

  May 30

  Part One can be read here. Thomas again. There was only one place that interested me as a place of… more ›

• Cusp of Heaven

  May 28

  Thomas once explained string theory to me.  I understood it only superficially: each sentence made sense in and of itself,… more ›

• The People on the Hill

  Apr 22

  They had long ago accepted into their minds’ DNA that such things were possible in the prairies and deserts, unknown… more ›

• Marlow in the Mirror

  Apr 10

  [from THE LAST ACT OF YESTERDAY] I knocked on the guest room door, and hearing nothing, opened it and stepped… more ›

• Danny

  Mar 23

  In a hospital for contagious diseases, Camden, New Jersey, 1948-49 And other places at around that time Danny could not… more ›

• THE SPILLWAY Pt. 2

  Mar 3

  Part Two (Part One Linked Here.) Jimmy went on. He told me about lining up for beatings administered by their… more ›

• THE SPILLWAY

  Feb 23

  Part One My scout, a local investigator who had gone ahead of me into the breech, warned me that I… more ›

• LASTING

  Feb 3

  Rose of Sharon budsWindblown and scatteredAt the peak of their beauty,Delicate veined andDying.As children we oftenCaught bees inside themPinched open… more ›

• STANDING

  Feb 3

  She stands insideThe doorwayArms outstretchedBack aching to archOne stepAnotherShe standsWithin the doorwayHer hands against the frameArms flexedAnticipates the birdWhose outstretched… more ›

• FLYING HOME

  Feb 2

  Hollow boned necks crane.Beaks preen, wings stretch, talons clench,Knees flex backward.They do not fly.Squirrels chatter a glottal warning:The sky is… more ›