Coyotes Ted Kooser My pup steps to the edge of the light from our porch and barks her obbligato into the huge auditorium of the winter night. Out there, critics with yellow eyes, dressed in snow-sparkled furs, turn to each other and, without a sound, curl up their lips. Watch Repair Charles Simic A small…
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Persoonlike gunstelinge: ‘Dragonfly’ – Andrew Hudgins
Dragonfly Andrew Hudgins Book says “most predacious.” Book says “fastest flying insect,” says it eats its body weight in half an hour. Mother called it the devil’s darning needle. Book adds “darner” and “devil’s arrow.” Mother said it would stitch shut the eyes, ears, lips, of sleeping children, and Book confirms that mothers would say…
Persoonlike gunstelinge: After reading ‘Mickey in the night kitchen’ for the third time before bed – Rita Dove
After reading Mickey in the night kitchen for the third time before bed I’m in the milk and the milk’s in me! … I’m Mickey! My daughter spreads her legs to find her vagina: hairless, this mistaken bit of nomenclature is what a stranger cannot touch without her yelling. She demands to see mine and…