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“Clown” [by Elaine Equi]
Clown It was an exciting thingfor a guy like him to become a clown overnight.For a while, he was quite a success.You wouldn’t believe how many people saw him.Only he didn’t know any gamesor…
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The Late Great Eartha Kitt
The wonderful Eartha Kitt sings to Nat King Cole’s piano, from the 1958 movie, St. Louis Blues. You can see why Orson Welles once called her “the most exciting woman alive.”
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Saying Goodbye to a Good Friend (by Laura Orem)
“Her Grave” by Mary Oliver She would come back, dripping thick water, from the green bog. She would fall at my feet, she would draw the black skin from her gums, in a hideous…
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Congratulations Gerald Greland, Winner of the Inaugural Ode Contest
Last month, we announced our third Best American Poetry Poem Challenge, for which poets were invited to write an inaugural ode. We received many strong poems and thank all of the poets who took…
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Burned by Madoff, part two (by Mitch Sisskind)
Life goes on and so does finance! It's Christmas day and the middle of Chanukah, but money takes no holidays. So here's part two of our talk with Scrooge McDuck about the Bernard Madoff affair.…
