Tag: grief

• Orpheus alone

  Oct 19

  Orpheus, alone Outside rimed windows sleet-locked sidewalks resemble an empty arctic plain. I stare and my breath rhythmically fogs the… more ›

• Hummingbird

  Apr 22

       Holding Mom’s frigid, clenched hand, I sang the lyrics of “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” from The Phantom of… more ›

• In Lieu of Trust, Please Send Martinis

  Apr 22

  This note was inevitable, as is my outcome. Turns out your mother wasn’t just paranoid. She never had proof, but… more ›

• Letting Go

  Apr 22

  How would you like to give up your son for someone else to raise for 26 months? Especially during his… more ›

• Meat Masks

  Apr 9

  Every time I carve 5oz of tender chicken breast from a warm Giant Eagle or Walmart Rotisserie Chicken, I think… 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 ›

• Where it all began and ended

  Dec 6

  (A tribute to my father) The slightest smell of evaporated milk takes me back to a favorite childhood memory; I… more ›