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Cover: 'My Cairo Diary'
by Lauri Burke
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Birches
I tell you they’re my favorites
bring me back
to those woods
how rare they are
among pine, oak
the ones I cannot name
how they feel, unfold
regardless of state
or season
“Birches” was inspired by “Seasons
Mosaics” (unknown artist)
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Another Dream with Meghan
I haven’t seen you
since Birmingham
the pre-dawn blue
a parking lot
just one more minute
you have aged
hair has become longer, lighter
we’ve never been near palms
an afternoon like this
I miss you so much
I know I must wake
Grateful acknowledgment is made
to the editor, Jennifer Dotson, of the
following publication in which
“Another Dream with Meghan”
previously appeared:
Art Gets in Your Eyes 2020 anthology
Highland Park Poetry
Also, the poem was featured on a
lawn sign at 642 Central Avenue,
Highland Park, Illinois, during the
summer of 2020, in front of the
stained glass artwork that
inspired the poem, Ruti Modlin’s
“Paradise Sidewalk Scene”
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The Fall
they weren’t kidding
when they said this is the greatest
to be with you
I’m sorry that you tripped
but I’ll always take to embracing
remember
without healing there cannot be hurt
“The Fall” was inspired by Julie
Rotblatt-Amrany’s sculpture,
“Compassion Moves a World”
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Jäger
German for hunter
yet you chasing squirrels
ended always with a getaway
I missed you after sixth grade
wondered how you were
with another family
your walks and 4 p.m. dinners
you have a friend I see
to be cherished as I you
“Jäger” was inspired by Kenneth Houston
Kraft’s sculpture, “Best Friends”
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Where We Stay Until Tomorrow
we’ll rest here
use this field
and can see the edge of trees
use my body
use these lines
and I will keep watch
nothing will shift us
“Where We Stay Until Tomorrow” was
inspired by Boaz Vaadia’s sculpture,
“David & Yonatan”
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