The Charivari
“Twenty-three friends and relatives to serve. Resentment, petty rivalries, and open derision silently put away for a few hours of dishonest civility.” Story of the Week (September 6), by Rob Ross.
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Lost in the Flow of Time
“Names and butterflies flutter around/ while the literati picnic on the grass.” Poem of the Week (September 3), by Anatoly Kudryavitsky
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Wind Shaping Thirst
“She knows how solitude vases the rose stems/ of unspoken needs.”
Weekend poem, by Charles F. Thielman.
Who Has A Real Castle Where I Can Hide?
“The guards never stopped them. The guards were merciless. They did not even remove the bodies of children who died working in the fields.” Story of the Week (August 30), by Robert Earle.
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Panorama from the Top of the Wicker Arches
“To the edge of the heart. To the periphery/ where ghost kids kick phantom football…” Poem of the Week (August 27), by Ãgnes Lehóczky
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The goldfish that swallowed my ashes
“The goldfish that/ swallowed my ashes/ now heads down the Tiber.”
Weekend poem, by Daniel Roy Connelly
Short Film
“Two stones crisscross in midair and slip into the water. There’s hardly any splashing. He goes under again.” Story of the Week (August 23), by Daniel Hudon.
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Alexandria in World War II
“Since spring, Geneva has thrown open her home to soldiers.”
Poem of the Week (August 20), by Anis Shivani
A Year or Two in Rome, a Week or Two in Paris
“I did notice, though, that the best oranges/ came from the most withered tree”
Weekend poem, by Jeffrey D. Boldt
Lent
“Cantabria was probably the most German part of Spain. No parties, no sex, just work and rain.”
Story of the Week (August 16), by Vera Brenner
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