INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Ali Znaidi
Silvia Scheibli
Richard Gartee
Deji Adesoye
Shutta Crum
Solomon Musa Haruna
Alan Britt
Fahredin Shehu
Laszlo Slomovits
Robert Nisbet
Gale Acuff
Rekha Valliappan
Fred Wolven
Aneek Chatterjee
Alex Ferde
Michael Lee Johnson
Jennifer Burd
Running Cub
Duane Locke
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Francis Ferde
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THESE
DAYS
These days we often contract good morning
to morning, removing the benediction
and merely stating the obvious time of day.
So how delightful to realize the innate
optimism and generosity of good morning
in Spanish — buenos dias — good days —
a greeting which would become nonsense
if cut short, as it blesses not only this day
but also untold open-ended tomorrows,
as if to make sure we’re covered if we never
meet again, and both of us live forever.
NEARLY
THE SAME GESTURE
the toddler raising arms
universal for pick me up
the worshipper in praise
or prayer pick me up
the mourner beaten down
into prostration pick me up
the soldier in surrender
the athlete in victory
the arms uplifted upraised
outstretched exultant
or thrown up in puzzlement
or disgust varying
by how high they’re lifted
elbows bent or straight
hands clenched or open
which way the palms face
waving wildly or still
lovers meeting embracing
giving themselves to one
another pick me up
Laszlo Slomovits, Ann Arbor, Michigan