Poetry

Poetry Issue #1: Conversation March 15th, 2019 March 15th, 2019 Poetry Letter from the Poetry Editor: The Humanizing Power of Civil Words Sella Turcica | Amy Baskin Operating Talk and The Good Patient | Ann Wallace Keeping Score and Tuesday Night | Danielle Salvadori Unnameable | Sam Moore The Color Blue and It’s been six years | Fae Kayarian Surrounded by Strangers, Bedside Manner, and Standing on Wishbones | Laurie Kolp Alheimer’s, Reverse Cheating, and My Mother Said | Suellen Wedmore The Striker Talks with the Doctor | ...

Letter from the Poetry Editor

Poetry Issue #1: Conversation March 15th, 2019 March 15th, 2019 Letter from the Poetry Editor: The Humanizing Power of Civil Words by Steve Granzyk n The Republic, Plato claimed poets should be banned from the debate of issues within his idealized society because poetry, he said, “inflames the passions.” Yet, chances are, if you remember a piece of writing, it’s because it moved you. Many devices writers use are designed to form that deeper connection. Today, empathy ...

Two Poems by Ann Wallace

Poetry Issue #1: Conversation March 15th, 2019 March 15th, 2019 Two Poems by Ann Wallace Operating Talk Quite a game last night, wasn’t it? As the mask is placed over my face, I want to say Yes, Mussina struggled, but he pulled through. But the question was for the nurses, the surgeon, colleagues prepping for the morning’s work, not for me. Instead the anesthesiologist pushes warmth into the IV in my arm, and I’m asked to count backward from ten, nine…aaa As I slip under, ...