National Poetry Month

Writing Workshop

Poem A Day – Jacqueline Kirkpatrick – Divorcing My Father, at 8

Divorcing My Father, at 8 on the George Washington Bridge at rush hour you handed me a manila folder then returned to putting your lipstick on my last name was written first in black VS and your last name in red as we approached the bumper of a yellow cab dirty with dents and scratches …

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Avery

Poem A Day – Avery – WASABI!!! An ode to a finely ground root

WASABI!!! An ode to a finely ground root my chopstick slices down through the perfectly squeezed flower of electric lime green goo severing just enough of that finely ground root to completely coat the surface of my avocado sushi roll. with heightened anticipation I pop the morsel wholly into my mouth and await the burning …

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