By Luke A. Powers High above Courthouse square Atop an impossibly Tall pillar He has stood Sentinel now A hundred years Summers, winters, Facing a South Always farther away Waiting for word Signal, reinforcement Until he’s gone Blind in alabaster In cap and gloves His buttons smooth Leaning on a rifle That like his face […]
By Emmett Forrest Was told I was a trooper from the time I was a little girl Shoulders square chin raised high I said goodbye my father stepped onto a plane and I couldn’t bear to watch my eyes downcast from the window frame it takes a strength to become a purple heart to […]
By Sara Marchant My hands were full in the post office parking lot. I held out-going bills, my car and postal box keys, my purse, and a heavy manila envelope containing a manuscript destined for greatness (one can always hope, right?). When I heard a loud car horn and a male voice yelling “Votes […]
