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Month: December 2025

poetry

Amiel Schotz – ‘Shylock in Venice’

December 29, 2025 admin 2 mins read

  I could do no more, no less. The fate  that brought my father here, ill-omened town, stinking of show, deceit and filth-filled  waterways—so outwardly […]

non-fiction

Bryan Schwartzman – ‘Monument Park’

December 22, 2025December 29, 2025 admin 34 mins read

Almost 38 years, to the day, before my father stopped breathing in the intensive care unit of a South Carolina Hospital, he brought me to […]

non-fiction

David Saidoff – An Excerpt from ‘Israel: Black Swan or White Unicorn”

December 14, 2025December 14, 2025 admin 14 mins read

On October 7, my youngest twin who was then a reserve paratrooper in the IDF was called up to fly down to Gaza from his […]

non-fiction

Fran Levin – ’24 Hadley Court’

December 8, 2025 admin 22 mins read

1969 Sunday Night The wine glasses are talking to each other again. I can hear their high, tinny voices coming from the glass-fronted cabinet in […]

poetry

Barbara Krasner – Four More Poems

December 1, 2025 admin 5 mins read

The Ring Cycle   1. The Lure of Gold, 1991 The Dutch masters encourage me to lift the lid of their cigar box in the […]

poetry

Haya Pomrenze – Three Poems

December 1, 2025 admin 3 mins read

Things That Are Frayed Yellow hostage ribbons, now dirty and dull. Vocal cords from protesters at Hostage Square, muffling the hoarseness of fruit vendors at […]