In a Glass Bowl

By Tish DavisConcord Township, Ohio, USA so manyso far from homewinter rain I’m an American in China working to restart…

Nectar

By Tish DavisConcord Township, Ohio, USA The African Violets are about to bloom on the sill next to her bed.…

Feather Dusting

By Tish DavisConcord Township, Ohio, USA FirefliesLight beamersNever tellStory-keepers Youthful frolicMoon minorsMemory flickersOld-timers Keepsake lanternsSummer starsAlways releasedFrom these glass jars

Night Paddling

By Tish DavisConcord Township, Ohio, USA I show my son how to tie up the food pack. “It keeps the…

Finding Good Soil

By Tish DavisConcord Township, Ohio, USAA few rose petals have fallen away from the vase that rests on the patient’s…

Brother of the Sea

By Tish DavisConcord Township, Ohio, USA Lake Erie—blue water and sky become one. I sit in the sand not farfrom…

The Cyclorama  

By Tish DavisConcord Township, Ohio, USA as blood seepsfrom the soldiers’ earshandmade bone dicetumble out of crevicesin the hastily built…

Noon on the Ohio

By Tish DavisConcord Township, Ohio, USA The Ohio is the most beautiful river on earth. Its current gentle, waters clear,…