Poetry Issue #12: Diagnosis December 31st, 2022 Three Poems by Deborah Meltvedt Surfacing I’ve never seen a whale Do not be fooled by strangers or loved ones who say keep looking or this year will be different so I scan, squint into the horizon but waves mask spouts in high winds and rocks are not large mammals in the sea but you know they’re out there like cells the doctors missed when you slid beneath their scopes and held your breath hoping all of you not just ...
Read MorePoetry Issue #12: Diagnosis December 31st, 2022 Three Poems by Uma Gowrishankar Compulsion I take an hour to wear shoes, Scrub my body All day with alcohol Until the skin burns. I tunnel through the years To the burrow of the circus. The trapeze artists weave from a bar To a bar and jump Into the net that bounces them To space again and again The way my father lifts the plate And places it once twice Until I take his hand and Lace his fingers with mine: Now both ...
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Read MoreIssue #12 Diagnosis December 31, 2022 Table of Contents Letter from the Editor: A Hero's Journey Cover Image from: Short film, Diagnosis (2002) Directed, produced, and edited by Alison Marek. Images used by permission. All rights reserved. Birthday Boy | William Cass The Swan Floating Serenely | Niamh O'Brien Putting the Top Down | David Blistein Finally Dead | Myra Seles To | Lee EustaceDiagnosis: Short Film as Medical Memoir | M Tamara Cutler Letter from the Poetry Editor: Diagnosis: Bravely Finding A ...
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