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by Chris Farago.

I read of dreams and circularities,
And I can’t help but feel in this daze
That we’re dancing in mirrors, dancing in shadows,
Dancing in light.  I touch your hand,
And it’s my own.  One of us laughs.

Romance and mystery are entwined;
Horror stays away, in deference to the past.
I run through the list:  beg, entreat, plead.
Let the stars give us light a moment longer;
Let my lips linger on your forehead a moment still;
Let us dance through infinity, dance in the maze,
Dance till our legs give way, till the floor falls away,
Till we find ourselves in the wine-addled sea,
Clinging to each other like green leaves
Shaken free by the storm.

I could harp on the cycles of time,
Say that I have seen your face
In the face of all others
And will continue to do so,
But false lineage bears no truth;
Those faces merely reflect each other;
Yours is the singularity
From which nothing else can be derived.

So, let us dance, for a year or a thousand,
Or none at all:  the waltz plays on,
I dance, you dance, we dance.
I touch my hand, and it is yours.

Nature’s Beauty is all the Glamour – Triolet.

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by Barry Vitcov. Nature’s beauty is all the glamour one needs on a daily walk, which my poodle notices in her usual manner. Nature’s beauty is all the glamour, regardless of how my pup creates a clamor with all her frolicking and doggy talk. Nature’s beauty is all the glamour one needs on a daily […]

Steps of Time.

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by David Bolton.   I walk the steps of time Prana leading the way Slow, deep breathes Up the stadium staircase Feel the pounding of the heart Fingers tingling with heat At the top, hands on hips, a scan at the sky Below:  joggers, lacrosse players and wanderers Time for the descent Down and up, […]

Happy (from “My Life with Dogs”).

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by Tod Davies. One of my best friends had become a little famous, with his writing and his filmmaking, and he ended up the house guest of an even more famous film director he much admired. While he was there, the Very Famous Director ran into trouble with his latest project. The script didn’t work. […]

Full-Length Collection.

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by David D. Horowitz   “But I worked for two weeks on this poem,” I whined, “and it still doesn’t read well.” “Ah, well,” responded Professor Dunlop in his English accent. “Blood, sweat, toil, and tears.” “But two weeks! And there’s the risk of it being a failure.” Sitting behind his paper-crowded desk in his […]

Ballet.

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by Bruce E. R. Thompson. Almost as soon as I could walk my mother taught me how to dance the Highland fling. My mother wasn’t Scottish, although I think she wished she were. She embraced the Thompson name, claiming it was a Scottish name. She pooh-poohed the argument that “true Scotsmen,” aside from never eating […]

Acorns, Aphorisms and Apps.

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by Colin Dodds. Forget This Good Thing I Just Said – the first glimmer of inspiration, the many creative dead ends, the pandemic naptime coffees, the conversations, and the possible breakthrough – an origin storyLinks: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1580122694 https://thecolindodds.com/2021/10/07/forget-this-good-thing-i-just-said/   Acorns Acorns dropped on 79th Street in Brooklyn. The ones from the higher branches smashed on the […]

Golden Ages and Paradise Myths.

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by Brian Griffith. In Chinese mythology, the legend of a lost “golden age” looms very large. The dawn of history is idealized as an original paradise, like a memory of childhood bliss. When early Daoists spoke of the Golden Age, they said it was a time of wonder, natural beauty, and real equality. With fond […]

Private Sector/Public Sector.

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by Ron Singer.   Perhaps the easiest way to begin the contrast between these, my first two jobs after college, is to contrast my supervisors. Polly (last name forgotten, if ever known) was a lively, ambitious white woman of perhaps forty. In those days, also relevant was the fact that she was “single.” I cannot […]

Making the Heart Bigger: Story and Human Experience.

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by Tim J. Myers. “Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.” –Ben Okri, Nigerian novelist A powerful narrative, whether actual or fantastic, is a landmark in the psychic world, that human interior so endlessly swept and cross-lit by darknesses and luminosities. Just as the Aboriginal peoples of Australia memorize the […]