Before Winter By Eugene Marckx Just to go there and breathe that airand see that river silver through the valleyuntil I’m within reach of that peace againwith those people along those roads Just to help cut hay into long windrowsand … Read More

Elie Wiesel The Perils of Indifference delivered 12 April 1999, White House, Washington, D.C. Mr. President, Mrs. Clinton, members of Congress, Ambassador Holbrooke, Excellencies, friends: Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town in the … Read More

The Useless Parts  You know you want to … but can you?You say you will … but you don’tor you try and try … then walk awayand tell yourself tomorrow – tomorrow’s the day  But your clock is moving backwardOn … Read More

Song of the Shattering Vessels by Peter Cole Either the world is coming togetheror else the world is falling apart—          here—now—along these letters,          against the walls of every heart. Today, tomorrow, within its weather,the end or beginning’s about to start—          the world impossibly coming … Read More

Food of Love by Carolyn Kizer Eating is touch carried to the bitter end.SAMUEL BUTLER II I’m going to murder you with love;I’m going to suffocate you with embraces;I’m going to hug you, bone by bone,Till you’re dead all over.Then … Read More

Deep Sea Salmon Dad where have you gone?Did you leap quicksilver into the last runof legendary kings – those eighty-pound June Hogs –that bashed themselves against the wallsof the Grand Coulee Dam?Or are you too smart for the trap of … Read More