Walk for a Cure
Posted on November 22, 2011 by A&U in Noteworthy, Positively Literary
Emerging Voices: Poetry by Kathy Coman God’s tears became the healing mist that touched His children as they walked hand-in-hand quietly making a statement that echoed through the air to reach my ears as I watched from my apartment window. Black, White men, women, young, old loving and supporting a cure to an epidemic meant [...]
Outside Marshall, Texas
Posted on November 4, 2011 by A&U in Noteworthy, Positively Literary
Poetry by Raymond Luczak for Michael Shannon Todd 1967–2011 The field that you loved was unkempt. You and I walked it daily together, our dogs chasing each other in mad joy. Your dog was black and rangy. My dog was white and smaller. Braiding together, they kept an eye on us as we talked in [...]
After Three Years, Symptom-Free
Posted on September 26, 2011 by A&U in Noteworthy, Positively Literary
by Helen C. Nowak Evening moans through Douglas firs, Stirs wood in a cauldron of shade, Riddling the past. Moonset glances backward At scarlet-splattered needles Forgotten behind fog. Shadows sigh to indigo darkness; Silver-veined maples tarnish beneath A swarm of stars. A cricket’s lullaby wakens an owl To glide through a ripple of night, Her [...]
Ballad of the Kind Young Men
Posted on August 13, 2011 by A&U in Noteworthy, Positively Literary
by Brent Calderwood It was different then— even twenty years ago— no place for kind young men. Five, six, eight, ten, the halls, a shortcut home. I know, it was different then, but I can’t remember when I didn’t dread that I’d grow into one of those kind young men who’d sell their sword for [...]
Summer Reading 2011: The Castro
Posted on July 20, 2011 by A&U in Noteworthy, Positively Literary
Poetry by Charity Smith The Castro Adolfo had it first, only he didn’t know it. No one did. Back then we didn’t even know what it was that loomed as the object of our ignorance. Still, something stalked us in the throes of the nightlife—dragged us, weighted, through our days, latched on to us as [...]
Summer Reading 2011: Attempt One, to Tempt to Transform
Posted on July 19, 2011 by A&U in Noteworthy, Positively Literary
Poetry by Joseph Mastran Attempt One, to Tempt to Transform Hungry, cold, confused Fever breaks me My skin is haunted Each pore feels like static I could reach another world I just cut a little deeper The hand that is not my own Reaches deeper, deeper Nothing exists on the other side but I still [...]
Summer Reading 2011: Making Stephen’s Panel
Posted on July 15, 2011 by A&U in Noteworthy, Positively Literary
Poetry by Chuck Willman Making Stephen’s Panel In Memory of Stephen Allen Love, 3/19/53–4/9/99 Stephen was my husband’s ex-lover, his first real relationship in the glory days of the 1970s when being queer was no longer an illness, and the celebration lasted a few years. They met and lived together in college, but, after several [...]
Cool Limbo
Posted on July 5, 2011 by A&U in Noteworthy, Positively Literary
A review of Cool Limbo (NYQ Books) by Michael Montlack Cool Limbo, Michael Montlack’s first full-length collection of poems, takes some unpacking: Like any great work of art, first impressions can be overwhelming. Montlack brings the whole party to the page, a neon cast steeped in culture war, cognizant of the stakes but willfully indifferent, “unburdened/even [...]
A Parade
Posted on June 17, 2011 by A&U in Noteworthy, Positively Literary
Poetry by Nahshon Cook I think I may have just experienced one of the most prophetic prayers ever: men, women and ladyboy prostitutes parading down Beach Road and onto Walking Street, dancing, and singing, and carrying signs (written in both English and Thai) demanding equal access to treatment for everyone afflicted with AIDS. To which [...]
Foundation
Posted on May 23, 2011 by A&U in Noteworthy, Positively Literary
by Chris Hicks The foundation you built Rested on grass Sewn together and stretched out So Washington could see, so we all could see How much memories mean How much silence costs The foundation you built Grew solid as granite It’s the foundation where my family now stands Secure and free to be who they [...]
