Epilogue

Epilogue From the Greek etymology, epilogue means “words attached at the end.” However, we believe that endings are often elliptical. One cycle ends, another begins; one story ends, another begins, in perpetuity. These poems ask us to open our memory boxes, to reflect...

The Child and the Stairs

The Child and the Stairs by Moniza Alvi I hear you running up and down the stairs,but the minute I grab hold of the banisteryou turn your face the other way.Surely, you’re my childhood, visiting      a favourite place,and hiding awkwardly from me?I was once a tenant...

The Book of Fools

The Book of Fools by Sam Taylor Reviewed by Catherine Imbriglio Missing fish.  Missing birds.  Missing bees.  One absence meeting another absence.  Sam Taylor’s brilliant, intricately woven The Book of Fools explores these and other facets of sorrow and loss by...

The Chair

The Chair by Fayad Jamís | Translated from the Spanish by Kathleen Weaver On the chair a favorite book a dirty shirt a glass full of noise and thirst or a beach where dolphins of smoke are meditating Its wood has rested my bones insubstantial airinternational politics...