Because It’s Poetry – Ron Healy
Published in The Quiet Reader Edition 1
“Old People from Texas eat spiders” (head bones). “Virgil Can Not Make My Pet Zebra Laugh” (facial bones). In high school biology I tried to memorize all the bones in the human body. If the teacher called on you and you could recite some bone systems (cranium, wrist, shoulder, etc.), you’d get extra credit. I could remember some because of …
Renaissance – Margery Bayne
Published in The Quiet Reader Edition 1
Chip creeps up like a fog. “You want something to drink?” he asks loud enough and close enough to be heard over the heartbeat thump of the music. You tell him the same thing you do every night. From the VIP balcony you watch the crowd of a hundred-plus people pulse like one organism below. Dancing among them, like a …