LOST INNOCENCE After Mom died, I curled in our clover patch, my cherubic lips cursing the night's first star and all its promises. After he left me, I ripped up our fence, pickets tearing my soft palms,

LESTER LOVES LILY We got a lot in common—Lily and me. We like to eat raw corn right off the cob, and we like to play make believe. When we was kids, we’d take my rowboat way out in Lake Goddard, bring

Ancient Egyptian Love Poem from the New Kingdom, 1500-1100BC I Think I'll Go Home and Lie Very Still I think I'll go home and lie very still, feigning terminal illness. Then the neighbors will all troop

COKE BOTTLE LANTERN They say if you travel fast enough, out into space, through the Milky Way, beyond the Black Holes, you'll find the past fluttering about. Reflected images against a cosmic screen, like

THE RIVER BENEATH There's a river down below in the center of the earth where the dead lie in lounge chairs with zinc oxide noses and read Stephen King books, or fish for bass and perch on the bank while

My great grandfather traveled alone to America about 1886 or so. He was only 16. He got married, and his wife gave birth to two boys and two girls before they settled on a farm in Virginia. Here is a photo

Thank you for welcoming into your awesome community! Allow me to tell you a little about me: My name is Caroline Reichard, and I live in the great state of Virginia--the home of Dogwoods, Cardinals, and

My great grandfather traveled alone to America about 1886 or so. He was only 16. He got married, and his wife gave birth to two boys and two girls before they settled on a farm in Virginia. Here is a photo

Thank you for welcoming into your awesome community! Allow me to tell you a little about me: My name is Caroline Reichard, and I live in the great state of Virginia--the home of Dogwoods, Cardinals, and