Notes From January
Such a wide sky we live in
full of tints and lights
I was looking out the window
of the coffee shop
and writing in my notebook
A man eating lunch finished
his sandwich came over to speak
to me
You have a very warm hat he said
Are you writing about your hat?
Maybe I said
What are you writing? he asked
Just taking notes
You write a poetry?
Yes
I have a gallery behind the cinema
inside my auto repair shop
It’s open 9 to 5
You can come I’ll give you
tea and cookies
Are you an artist? I asked
Yes and I like
the poetry
I have lots of books
of Persian poetry
He left I picture him back in his gallery
among the books and sculptures and
cars in need of repair
I imagine the cup of tea
between my hands the
steam rising up
into clouds
~ Hilary Sallick ~
Table of Contents
Cloud… Eric Myvraagnes… Cover image
Publisher’s note… Kimberly Gladman
Notes from January… Hilary Sallick… poetry
Cynosure… Mary Buchinger… poetry
Πρᾶξις (Praxis) 30… Chris Bohner… visual art
Πρᾶξις (Praxis) 39… Chris Bohner… visual art
My Big Quit… Greta L. Ode… essay
Aftershock… Kimberly Gladman… essay
Yes, Dear Grandchildren… Ellen Fisher… visual art
A Parenting Epiphany… Philip M. Jackson… essay
The Hand and Faucet Duet… Denise Freed… dance (link)
From To Bury the Dead… Greta L. Ode… fiction
Why Isn’t Everybody Into Wittgenstein?... Kimberly Gladman… essay
The Saints Will All Be Blue… Ingrid Scheibler… visual art
Immersive Van Gogh… Kimberly Gladman… review
Infinite Placeholder Regress… Scott Axelrod… essay
Quantslut… Kimberly Gladman… column
e-PI-phany… Keith Tornheim… poetry
Toward a Higher Order… Naomi Myrvaagnes… poetry
Orgy… trans. Kimberly Gladman (Felix Hausdorff)... poetry in translation
Tractatus… Nicola Welda… essay
Eyecollage… Steve Adler-Golden… visual art
Don’t Look Up… Rich Fontes, Kimberly Gladman… dialogue
Shorting the Earth… Kimberly Gladman… fiction
Remembering E.O. Wilson… Sam Schrager… essay
A Posthumous Apology to E.O. Wilson… Debra David… poetry