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WORDGATHERING • 16th March 2022

At The Neurorestorative Prairie After The Great Pumpkin Glow Party

AT THE NEURORESTORATIVE PRAIRIE AFTER THE GREAT PUMPKIN GLOW PARTY (listen to the poem, read by Diane R. Wiener) Your browser does not support the audio element. where yesterday we watched three neighbor kids collect squash in a grocery cart and smash pumpkins in the street. Now the cart sits empty in front of a sign nailed on a tree Lost & Found and thrice as many pumpkins. You are golden as the maple leaves strewn across the ground. I lounge on a log bench watch you flit in an

WORDGATHERING • 19th December 2020

Tryin' On Shoes

Your browser does not support the audio element. I enter Lazy M Shoe Store, downtown Ames, an autumn afternoon. A few months before I bought a pair of navy-blue Soft Soles to compliment my fall attire. I forgot to collect the receipt. My settlement, if all goes well, covers physical therapy, prescriptions, equipment, and shoes. I scan the shelves for brands – Naturalizer, no, Clarks, no. My PTs scolded, “Women’s shoes thrust out the bust and booty. You can’t wear those,” shook

BALLOONS LIT. JOURNAL • 14th March 2016

What Is It Like To Be A Dandelion In A Vase Full Of Roses