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On the Grounds of the Zendo
The face of the Buddha’s so smooth, she whispered,
Dick Allen
On The Calculation of Chances
It takes more than faith
Christopher Buckley
On the Beach at Divi Bay, St. Martin
Was melancholy yesterday, watching slate-grey clouds
Garrett Hongo
On the Banks of the Allegheny
We had started over again—
William Logan
ON SILVER SPOONS
The Golliwog spoon, we called it, the handle shaped like a head with heavy-lidded eyes and a thick-
Wendy Barker
On Shadows & On Risk
Me and my shadow
DeWitt Henry
On Sadness | On Beauty
I noticed something strange and beautiful about the word “sad.”
Kathleen Ossip
ON RETREAT | POLAND SPRING MANDARIN ORANGE
The way you reconstructed the dream was telling –
Jerome Sala
On Psalm 91 and Maestro Says
And daily, I read:
Boris Khersonsky
ON PAINTING THE SISTINE CHAPEL: MICHELANGELO TO GIOVANNI DA PISTOIA
This damn job’s given me a goiter –
Steve Kronen
On Not Translating Polish Poets
Were it not
Brian Culhane
On My Diagnosis of Pulsatile Tinnitus
Ever since I started hearing my heart
Jessica Goodfellow

On the Grounds of the Zendo