On Being Plan B
BY ELIZABETH BLUE
The car that had been broken into wasn’t mine. It wasn’t his, either. Technically it belonged to his girlfriend – his primary partner of fifteen years.
BY ELIZABETH BLUE
The car that had been broken into wasn’t mine. It wasn’t his, either. Technically it belonged to his girlfriend – his primary partner of fifteen years.
Pennsylvania poet Stephanie McConnell’s “Palms” is a work of beauty, illuminating Saint Francis of Assisi.
BY CAITE MCNEIL
Making the decision to move back to Maine wasn’t easy for a mother who wanted her daughter to love her home as much as she does.
Ancient Celtic tradition upheld soul-friendships and the potential for inner growth that they teased out.
BY JAMES SNOW
Falling in love with someone in a foreign city poses the question: is it the person or the place I’m really in love with?
Eloise Klein Healy, former Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, has encapsulated so much in the two short stanzas of her poem “Iris”.
Pursuing our vocations and allowing our children the space to develop their own, are, according to Natalia Ginzburg, paramount in raising healthy children and developing healthy relationships with them as they grow.
The mythology of failure, especially in love, is a frequent motif in Jack Gilbert’s poetry.
BY GILLIAN WILLS
Wolfie the spirited lurcher brings his own brand of unbridled love home to a woman in a complex relationship.
Like the all-encompassing color field paintings of Mark Rothko mentioned in Kit Evans’ poem, this little piece commands our attention, while also leaving things unsaid.