These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs. Amy Melrose was a participant in the 2026 Jewish...
These poems are published connected to a project supported by the DC Mayor's Office of Community Affairs. Jennifer Helgeson was a participant in the...
The Reflection Terrace at Brookside Gardens
I am still water
I take on the color of thehedge-pine greens thegeese-moss browns thetortoise-rock grays theazalea-breeze pinks thebride-haze whites...
POULTICEWhen you have looked elsewherefor answers—the spider’s web,the empty hive, the rotted log,beneath the unturned stone—ask yourself what you haveneglected. Do not lamentthat what...
