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Closed for Business [by Sharon Preiss]
Last night, after a long look at my empty office space, I left Mobile Libris for the last time. It’s been a good run, these past seven years of selling books. It’s a tough…
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Five Rooms, Part Five: Love at Second Sight — by Amy Glynn Greacen
There is a house for sale in my neighborhood. It is not listed at a “poet” price-point. Yet I cannot shake the feeling that that house is mine, destined for me. It is irrational.…
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When Ed Koch met Kenneth Koch [by David Lehman]
Shortly after taking office as Mayor of New York in 1978, Ed Koch met the poet Kenneth Koch. By this time everyone had learned how to pronounce Hizzoner's name: Koch, like "catch" but with…
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Five Rooms, Part Four: I Dwell in Possibility — by Amy Glynn Greacen
Michael has formally invited me to accompany him in "taking out the compost." I assent, but to what, I am not certain. I know what taking out the compost means at my house, and…
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Poetry Society of America’s “Old School”
If you have a little time at work today, I'd highly recommend a brief trip over to the Poetry Society of America's "Old School" collection. Similar in some ways to the classic poems section…
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Five Rooms, Part Three: A Ghost Within A Ghost — by Amy Glynn Greacen
“The fog was where I wanted to be. Halfway down the path you can’t see this house. You’d never know it was here. Or any of the other places down the avenue. I couldn’t…
