Co— by Jennifer Campbell
Jul15

Co— by Jennifer Campbell

  “Co—” by Jennifer Campbell     ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here     Jennifer Campbell Artist Statement: Jennifer Campbell is an English professor in Buffalo, NY, and a co-editor of Earth’s Daughters. She has published two books of poetry: Supposed to Love (Saddle Road Press, 2013) and Driving Straight Through (FootHills, 2008). Jennifer was a semi-finalist...

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Diner by Jackie Davis Martin
Jul15

Diner by Jackie Davis Martin

  “Diner” by Jackie Davis Martin             You would have lied, too. You would have promised the manager to work the entire summer when you applied for the breakfast shift at the diner which had you arriving in the parking lot at 6 in the morning in a brown nylon dress and white oxfords, to set up the creams and sugars and ketchups, shine the counters, all the...

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The Promenade by Toni Loefler
Jul15

The Promenade by Toni Loefler

  “The Promenade” by Toni Loefler             —after the painting by Marc Chagall   After their walk and decanter of vino she’s flushed from the strappings of love. Mauvish folds of her dress billow in the geometric sky—she is staring into the horizon absentmindedly but she is still there. Soon he will lead her floating body to the pastel chapel by the deep...

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There Is This Wildness by Molly Scott
Jul15

There Is This Wildness by Molly Scott

  “There Is This Wildness” by Molly Scott   there is this wildness in her that he touched and then retracted fed on like forbidden game and then redacted   ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here     Molly Scott’s Artist Statement: Throughout a colorful life ranging from theater, television, concert performance and recording, to mothering, social justice work,...

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Self-Portrait as a Message From Rapunzel to the Princes  Trying to Rescue Her by Michalle Gould
Jul15

Self-Portrait as a Message From Rapunzel to the Princes Trying to Rescue Her by Michalle Gould

  “Self-Portrait as a Message From Rapunzel to the Princes Trying to Rescue Her” by Michalle Gould   Build me a city, or burn it, I do not care. If you don’t stop trying to save me, I will cut my hair.   ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here     Michalle Gould Artist Statement:  Michalle Gould’s first full-length collection of poetry, “Resurrection...

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