Memories

What Once Was

Guest Author Love Memories

Mitchell Warnken’s "What Once Was" evokes a nostalgic yearning through free verse. Set beneath the honeysuckle branches, the poem invites readers to imagine a moment of unity and intimacy, transcending ...

Mourning Glory

Guest Author Family Grief

Jeral Williams' "Mourning Glory" starkly confronts the harsh reality of cancer through visceral imagery and striking metaphors. The poem vividly portrays the disease as a scavenger, preying upon and consuming ...

Wishbone

Guest Author History Memories

In "Wishbone," Billie-Leigh Burns weaves a nostalgic tale of a woman retracing her steps to The Wishbone Inns, a collection of establishments named after historical queens. Through vivid memories of ...

Summer Houses

Guest Author Memories Summer

In "Summer Houses," Janet McCann reflects on the timeless presence of old vacation homes. Through evocative imagery and a sense of nostalgia, the poem captures how these structures, weathered and ...

A Good Marriage

Guest Author Family Memories

In A Good Marriage by E.P. Lande, a character embarks on a personal quest to declutter their life, beginning with decades-old tax returns. As they confront the relics of their ...

Dancing on the X

Guest Author Childhood Memories

In Dancing on the X by Todd Williams, the poem reflects on youthful days of half-hearted schemes and simple pleasures. With vivid imagery, it contrasts childhood summers and school days ...

Early Life

Doug Hawley Childhood Memories

In Early Life by Doug Hawley, the narrator reflects on childhood memories from the late 1940s to mid-1950s. The recollections are marked by innocent play, friendships, and a stable family ...

Inching Up The Wall

Guest Author Childhood Family

In Inching Up The Wall by Denise McCabe, a young girl reflects on Sunday visits to her grandparents' Brooklyn brownstone. While her older brother and cousins often leave her out ...

You Just Weren't There

Guest Author Childhood Memories

"You Just Weren’t There" by Nicky Foster reflects on the painful gaps in memory between a mother and child, where the past is haunted by absence and the lingering question ...

The Two Georges at 15 Sheppard Street

Guest Author Memoir Memories

In The Two Georges at 15 Sheppard Street, Claude Clayton Smith recalls the arrival of two boarders, particularly the wrestler George Wilcheski (a.k.a. George Wilchester), into his childhood home in ...

In the Field of Yesterday

Guest Author Memories Reflection

In In the Field of Yesterday, a poem by Thompson Emate, the poet finds solace in memories, which provide refuge from present troubles. The past offers a time when darkness ...

His Butterfly

Guest Author Childhood Flash Fiction

In Thomas Elson's flash fiction His Butterfly, a seventy-eight-year-old man momentarily escapes his physical ailments and current reality, reverting to a traumatic childhood memory. As he navigates a familiar pharmacy, ...

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Memories