Timetable

  When I was young, I gazed at a tree and knew if I didn’t start climbing, I’d never get another chance. My smaller body was in a red and black dress, white tights that snagged on the branches. By the time the adults took notice, my feet were above their heads,...

Reading Joan Aleshire

  TWELVE FAIRY GODMOTHERS   all came with gifts to the birth: one with laughter, one with strength, one with luck, one with love, one with grace, one with hope, one with imagination, one with insight, one with health, one with keen senses, one with will, and...

Pointing in Your General Direction

  is a candlestick, snapped at the base after being dropped from a bag of date-night accessories. We had a terrible anniversary. Two weeks later, we met in the bedroom, and our bodies were sad—sad fingers slipped through sad hair, sad lips touched sad...