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January From a Window at Sunset by Edward Wilson
The flush of leaving’s what we notice most— thus, the white glint of a steeple on the ridge across the river under a sky preparing for stars, wisps of cloud alchemizing pink to orange. All miracle, not least for not involving us, who under this, in this, take it for granted, else meet madness or find God. We have a lot to lose and we will some season. Meantime: these bare trees to which the birds come back, filling the branches the way from dreams from sleep each morning we come back to ourselves.
February 2019* by Jackie K. White
When the beauty mark scalded, when the starter house spewed gutter-flowers, when the virtuous sister, daughter 4254, rode a celestial dolphin home, but home was a savage country, and when every monsoon bore echoes of the silver girl I was, and the love library became just a mansion’s cameo, when intimations of the quartet did nothing more than mimic the scorched pastures and the tomb, I kept moving and saw, that what persists is a second-shift art, a game with the sun, our only game under our...
When Brushstrokes Dance in Concentric Circles by Hedy Habra
When after a heavy rain, nature’s prism refracts light, juxtaposed colors seem to coexist peacefully within an invisible threshold, the way an elderly couple stays close while protecting unspoken boundaries. The artist makes the rainbow swirl wild over the canvas as a conductor raising his wand through colored patterns’ rhythms, creating occasional collisions. Broken dialogues reveal angles replete with hidden whispers.
CPR Vol. 24, Issue 4 is Now Online
Honey, pears, oranges, gooseberries, gardenias—our October issue features blossoms and harvests in poems that celebrate form, shape, and what it means to give our attention over to something small and ephemeral.
A Visit by Gustavo Adolfo Garcés
Translated from Spanish by Carlos Reyes A small bird at my window red as a coal it goes to the grass and returns I give it all my attention I don’t answer the telephone Un pajarillo en mi ventana rojo como brasa Va a la hierba y regresa le presto toda la atención no contesto el telélfono Published in Cider Press Review, Volume 24, Issue 4.
6 Ways To Support a Friend After a Sexual Assault
From the stories unearthed by the #MeToo movement started by Tarana Burke, to #TimesUp, to sexual harassment and assault scandals surrounding such high-profile figures as Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, and Jeffrey Epstein, it’s important to consider the effects these highly publicized incidents may have on those of us who have experienced sexual assault, abuse, or harassment in the past. For those of us who’ve experience sexual violence, these events might be re-triggering.
The Hike
By Samaa Abdurraqib • 4 minutes ago This story was told live at Frontier in Brunswick on October 17, 2019. The theme from this event is “Green-Eyed Monster.” Samaa Abdurraqib was raised in the Land of Buckeyes (Ohio), spent 8 years in the Land of Dairy (Wisconsin), and moved to the Land of Lobsters in August 2010. She spent three years teaching Gender & Women’s Studies at Bowdoin College and transitioned into the non-profit world in 2013 and has been on that grind ever since.
Deep Water: 'The Fly-Over' by Samaa Abdurraqib
So many of us are not from here. So many of us are from, in fact, many places, including here. This week’s poem gives voice to that condition. Samaa Abdurraqib spent most of her life in the Midwest among, she writes, “first buckeyes and then badgers.” She lives in Portland and travels all across the state for work and for pleasure. The Fly-Over By Samaa Abdurraqib If you were to ask me where I’m from I wouldn’t tell it straight. I’d piece together a story of ellipses, dashes, and bent arrows.
Maine Voices: Survivors of domestic abuse need access to reproductive health care
AUGUSTA — All children should enter the world surrounded by love and grow up in beloved community. This will not happen as long as we favor the rights of some over those of others. At the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, we are profoundly disturbed by the Trump administration’s proposal to institute new restrictions on the use of Title X, the funding that provides family planning services for low-income people across the country.
Deep Water: 'Oryx in Crates' by Samaa Abdurraqib - Portland Press Herald
Emily Dickinson famously wrote, “Tell all the truth but tell it slant.” This week’s poem takes on the history of slavery and race in this country – a giant subject, for sure – and it does so at a slant. It does so by telling the story of the oryx. What I love about this poem is its mix of registers and forms. Each section, each line asks us to leap with it into unexpected territory. There is great pain here, and humor, and a resilient spirit.
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