Baby Boom

A year after the Allies freed the camps my sister was born. First of an explosion detonated to fill empty Continue reading →

The Inmate

With an earnest look Clara offers the fragment of amber to the Kapo.   Will it be enough to trade Continue reading →

Warsaw

A woman whispers the alphabet into a balled-up coat. Somewhere in the letters, a code that could click open the Continue reading →

Escher Autumn

Leaves turn to birds turn to clouds of sky, falling again as papers on which to translate the dreams, even Continue reading →

Hunger

I wanted to be there when the wars ended because I wanted to feel the earth cool – and not Continue reading →

Tel Aviv Sonnet

      Finalist in the Naugatuck Review contest (2012). Also appears in the chapbook titled The World That Is Continue reading →

How Old Are You?

Day one of teaching English in Japan; “How old are you?” was the easiest question for the students. They were Continue reading →

Mizu

My plane landed in Tokyo three hours late. My flight for Nagoya left without me. Airline personnel took me to Continue reading →