CONTENTS OF DRIFTWORDS (Oswego)
Robert Marcuson:
My Last Day in the Field with Mike and New Guy 15
Bonnie Perfetti:
The Moonlight Garden 30
My Winter Oasis 35
The Midnight Mouse 36
Linda M. Knowles
Excerpts from Bigger Than Finn 38
Remembering 49
Lisa R. Davis:
Tintinnabulation 52
The Decrepit Dog 56
Anticipation 63
Rick Kaulfuss:
My Underwater Rock Survey 66
Waterfalls 69
Beautiful Valley 72
The Toy Bunny 75
Joe Abbate:
Nicky Nuckleberry 79
Ricky’s Incredible Snow Day Adventure 80
Good to the Last Drop 85
Alphabet Soup 90
Eyes 90
The Main Course 91
The Words 92
All That’s Left 92
Debbie Hough:
From the Rooftop 94
Level With Me 95
The Treasure Box 102
The First Time 108
Disconnected 109
Joanne Henry:
Baker’s Table 111
Two Kayaks 115
Ode To An Old Car 117
Hot Red Sunset 119
Fireflies 120
Brake Lights 120
9:00 P.M. 121
Mary Ann Donahue:
My Mare, Myself 124
Offering 132
Jim Farfaglia:
High Fidelity 135
Touring The Motown Museum 136
Ode To Mama Cass 137
Song On The Radio 137
Resounding 138
Let It Be 139
A Quieter Night 140
Karen Burke:
Matters of the Heart 142
The Edge 143
Why Can’t We See? 144
Candlelight Vigil 145
Homecoming: A poem for two voices 146
Marble Orchard 147
Last Dance 148
Consciousness 148
Where I Am From 149
Writer’s Blockhead 150
My Favorite Storybook Character 151
Vance Marriner:
Hatchet Job Chapter 1: A New Deal 154
An Open Letter to the Redneck-Looking Dude
I Saw at Wal-Mart Last Night 162
Kitty Macey:
Death Comes Anon: An excerpt 167
Bill Fisher:
One Dog’s Tale 180
Matthew’s Magic Elixir 184
Checkmate 187
Quinn Etchie:
Iris 193
our story is all stories 194
grasp 195
1-12-2010 197
Anne Bisnett Knutson:
Flashover Fire 200
Leonard Spano:
Justice for Mark Spano: A Father’s Story 210
Megan Urbach:
Reconnected 225
Crossing Dimensions 230
Howard Bartle:
Mighty Mantra 233
Things I Like About My Wife 234
Sex: The Early Years, Part 1a 237
Margaret Streitenberger:
Go West, Old Lady 244
Marlene W. Schneider:
Grieving Comfort 257
Of Course 258
Alexis Finnerty:
Excerpt from Killing Crows 261
Kelly Hennigan:
Human Rage Virus 272
Linda Hannock:
Sage 287
Celestial Display 289
If I Only Had a Pretzel 291
I Smell Popcorn 296
Lorraine “Goldy” Goldych:
Jesus and the Parting of the Cows 299
Cletus Capitano
The Kismet of Oblong Objects 315
Not So Long Ago 326
Dawn Winter Walk, 43 Degrees 328
My Eyes Lift 329
On Friday Last, I Watched Her Sleep 330