Disclosure: Poetry by Brent Calderwood
Disclosure
I really did cry over spilt milk.
Sobbing at breakfast, napkin in hand,
the broken glass,
the blue skim slick
spread thin as my mother’s money.
When I slipped...
“Learning the Love Song…”: Poetry by Jennifer Su
"Learning the Love Song..."
A girl leaves behind her beloved island, to seek the cure, riding a poem over the Pacific, like a lifeboat full...
Caroling at St. Vincent’s, 1986: Poetry by Marcia Pelletiere
Caroling at St. Vincent's, 1986
So typical of the sick, for years, my mind
bent over microscopes, brooding
for the millionth time about my injury.
But now and...
Getting Down to It: Writing Poetry & Living with HIV
When A&U announced a few months back that I would be taking on the role of poetry editor here, I shared a brief insight...
Bed Making After the ER: Poetry by Robert Carr
Bed Making After the ER
if I hold this threadbare sheet
just right
let hot breeze
blow through my open window
and become noon light
I can almost feel the...
When the World Converted to Acronyms: Poetry by Joy Gaines-Friedler
When the World Converted to Acronyms
for James Kerr
Joy Gaines-Friedler teaches Advanced Poetry and Creative Writing for non-profits in the Detroit area, including the Prison...
Ash: Poetry by Whitney Sweet
Ash
I was a kid and didn’t know you but went to your
funeral my cousin died of AIDS but didn’t know
what that meant just wore...
Lines on my HIV Test: Poetry by Mike Zimmerman
Lines on my HIV Test
“Glory and light of poets! now may that zeal
and love’s apprenticeship that I poured out
on your heroic verses serve me...
“Days of 1993, ’94, and ’95”: Poetry by Benjamin S. Grossberg
Days of 1993, ’94, and ’95
The Montrose Clinic, Houston
Timing; the lag. You couldn’t know....
She Came Late to Writing: Poetry by Davi Walders
She Came Late to Writing
She came late, her wheelchair hooked
to a Critikon, her smile still slightly there,
a bright red bandana tight around her head.
She...
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