Poem of the Day
Study of Children
By Asha Futterman
did you know
that you all work for me?
I asked them as a joke
Poetry: 1980s
Lagoon
By Joseph Brodsky
Down in the lobby three elderly women, bored.
Take up, with their knitting, the Passion of Our Lord
As the universe and the tiny realm
The Tent Astronomer
By David Bottoms
As a barrier against mosquitoes,
I pull an old sheet from the closet
and cross the yard,
Conversation
By Ai
We smile at each other
and I lean back against the wicker couch.
How does it feel to be dead? I say.