DP

• Writing

  • BAWPcast Sneak Preview
  • Issue Thirty-Three, Summer 2021
    • A Dream Occurred by Tureeda Mikell
    • A Gardening Life by Carol Tateishi
    • A Stranger of Our Own by Darrell g.h. Schramm
    • Ashgrove by Bruce Greene
    • Dream Conjugations by David Braden
    • I’m Not a Cat Lady by Sara Schupack
    • In Memoriam To George Floyd by Barbara Bornet Stumph
    • Interesting Person by Elizabeth Levett Fortier w/ Our Town
    • Memorial Poem for Luring by Sandy Calvo
    • My Memory of Summer Sails by Barbara Bornet Stumph
    • New Shoes by John Levine
    • Page of Remembrance by Floyd Salas
    • Sisters by Alison McDonald
    • Summer Haibun by Andrena Zawinski
    • Sympathy by Mark Zucker
    • The Distance is Closing by Grace Morizawa
    • Today – This Day by Sandy Calvo
    • Verdict Aftermath by Barbara Bornet Stumph
    • Visit at Mission Viejo by Hector Viveros Lee
    • We Are Profoundly Beautiful by Grace Morizawa
    • What We Lost, What We Gained by Elizabeth Levett Fortier
  • About
  • Submissions
  • Archives
    • Issue Thirty, Fall 2020
      • A Petrified Forest Walk by Tom Meyer
      • Albert in the Morning by Darrell g.h. Schramm
      • Bedtime Rituals with my Boys by Sharon Pollack
      • Book Review of Kazu Hara’s Healing Resistance—A Radically Different Response to Harm by Grace Morizawa
      • Every Evening A By Myself Evening by Marty Williams
      • Future Tense by Sarah Trott
      • Gratitude of Cancer by Alexa Stuart Frisbie
      • It Is Enough by Darrell g.h. Schramm
      • Me and My Love by Mark Zucker
      • New Kitty Diary: Musette by Barbara Bornet Stumph
      • Sea Escape: Poem + Visuals by Sara Schupack; Visuals + Filmmaking by Laura Schupack
      • Shoes for the Wedding by Carla Williams-Namboodiri
      • Song of Hope and Praise by Kathy Moore
      • Souls Labyrinth’s Beat by Tureeda Mikell
      • Suspenders by Bruce Greene
      • The Power of Love by Carolyn Dukes Alexander
      • What Would I Tell Them? by Elizabeth Levett Fortier
      • When This is All Over by Katherine S. Suyeyasu
    • Issue Thirty-One, Winter 2020
      • A Crocodile is Just a Crocodile by Liz Murray
      • After You by Marna Blanchard
      • An Elegiac Time: Roses of 1920 by Darrell g.h. Schramm
      • Claire by Floyd Salas
      • Crow Medicine by Tureeda Mikell
      • Dancing by Sharon Pollack
      • Distance by John Levine
      • Dream Again by Elizabeth Levett Fortier
      • Dreaming in Color by Kathy Moore
      • Hawgs by Bruce Greene
      • Holder’s Lot by Vernon Keeve III
      • How I Operate by Grace Morizawa
      • Love in the Time of Corona by Alison McDonald
      • Lowered Expectations Bring Hope by Sara Schupack
      • Make it Across by Mark Zucker
      • Marionette by Adrienne Oliver
      • Moral Requirements by Manny Martinez aka J.M. Curét
      • Nickels by Sarah Trott
      • One Daughter’s Tightrope by Barbara Bornet Stumph
      • Pandemic Times by Meredith Pike-Baky
      • Remake America by Carla Williams-Namboodiri
      • Samuel Pepys’ Hangover by David Braden
      • Second Thought by David Braden
      • To Be Sure by Maggie Coshnear
    • Issue Thirty-Two, Spring 2021
      • About Hope by Sandy Calvo
      • Anchorless in the Light by Andrena Zawinski
      • If I Lost My Eyes by Tom Meyer
      • Message by Judy Bebelaar
      • Morning by Judy Bebelaar
      • Ox-Blood Manzanita by Barbara Bornet Stumph
      • Seasons Green by Tureeda Mikell
      • Spring by Elizabeth Levett Fortier
      • Spring Contradictions by Sharon Pollack
      • Spring Dreams by Anjali Kamat
      • Sunday Morning, a haiku by Kathy Moore
      • The Financial Solution by Mark Zucker
      • The Hundred Greatest by Bruce Greene
      • The Night Before Inauguration Day by Barbara Bornet Stumph
      • Two Arrangements of Gertrude Stein’s “France” by David Braden
      • Vaccination Day by Kathy Moore
      • wash gentle cycle. line dry. by Sharon Pollack
      • Whispers Above the Chill by Grace Morizawa
      • Zoom Funeral by Carla Williams-Namboodiri
    • Issue Twenty-Eight, Spring 2020
      • Come Inside (or How I Met My Wife) by Mark Zucker
      • Corona by David Braden
      • For the Survivors of the Minidoka American Concentration Camp by Grace Morizawa
      • Holding Space by Tom Meyer
      • Hugs by Bruce Greene
      • Life After Death by Elizabeth Levett Fortier
      • Mid-March Musing by Tom Meyer
      • Peng Chau by Sara Schupack
      • The Fear Virus by Jodi Freedman
      • The Ritual – #1 by Tureeda Mikell
      • Walk in Mountain Water by Barbara Bornet Stumph
      • What I Would Do If I Were Alive? by Mark Zucker
      • Why My Bookshelves Will Never Be Empty by Kevin Wood
    • Issue Twenty-Nine, Summer 2020
      • A Plea by Tom Meyer
      • After After, a Concrete Sound Poem by David Braden
      • All Together. by Elizabeth Levett Fortier
      • Brooklyn Summer by Floyd Salas
      • Celsiana by Darrell Schramm
      • Corona Prayer by Judy Bebelaar
      • Dancing with Fancy by Marty Williams
      • Eamonn an Chnuic/Edmund of the Hill as interpreted by Mark Zucker (song/video)
      • Fritz by Bruce Greene
      • Honey Bee Song by Barbara Lee Bornet Stumph
      • June 11 5:18 PM–computer clock by Grace Morizawa
      • Lemon Friends by Claudia Martinez
      • Morning by Judy Bebelaar
      • Odd Preventative by Keri DuLaney Greger
      • On the Street Where You Live (Lerner and Loewe), arranged and performed by Dreamchair Music, Elizabeth Levett Fortier, vocal
      • Seven Haikus by Tureeda Mikell
      • Sometimes by Carla Williams-Namboodiri
      • Stay Ready by Carmen Johnston
      • Tao Garden by Barbara Lee Bornet Stumph
      • The Second Coming (Revisiting Yeats) by Kathy Moore
      • To Remember by Carla Williams-Namboodiri
      • Wash and Wear by Carla Williams-Namboodiri
      • We Drive by Evan Nichols
    • Issue Twenty-Seven, Winter 2019
      • A Boyhood Brush With Breast Cancer by Kevin Wood
      • Black Magic by Bruce Greene
      • Chasing Spring by Tom Meyer
      • Creation by Kathy Moore
      • Early Morning Shanghai Walk, 2010 by Barbara Bornet Stumph
      • Everybody by Mark Ali
      • Fly Away Home by Evan Nichols
      • Gathering Light by Judy Bebelaar
      • I Wrote My Way to Liberation by Pauline Mc Namee
      • Let There Be by Judy Bebelaar
      • Light Questions by Jodi Freedman
      • Memory’s Wing by Tureeda Mikell
      • Night Globes of Radiance by Floyd Salas
      • Oakland Streets by Grace Morizawa
      • Ode to an Ant by Keri DuLaney Greger
      • Red Velvet by Carolyn Dukes Alexander
      • Sober Year by Maggie Coshnear
      • Some Light by Sara Schupack
      • The Light That Blinks by Elizabeth Levett Fortier
      • TOWER PALINDROME  by David Braden
    • Looking Up We Can Be and Be by Marty Williams – for Mark Ali, 1971 – 2020
    • The Bounty in My Community Garden by Meredith Pike-Baky
    • The Love Embrace of the Universe by Sharon Pollack
    • Issue Twenty-Six, Fall 2019
      • Condensation by David Braden
      • Flame on Water by Floyd Salas (upon a natural sculpture by Andy Goldworthy)
      • How I Learned about Doing It by Grace Morizawa
      • If Buddha gave up by Tom Meyer
      • La Mer by Elizabeth Levett
      • Lake Luzerne, 1939 by Kathy Moore
      • Ner Tamid by Jodi Freedman
      • Ripple Effects by Carla Williams-Namboodiri
      • Swim Upstream by Evan Nichols
      • Water: A Timeline by Bruce Greene
      • We Re-Member by Tureeda Mikell
    • Issue Twenty-Five, Fall 2018
      • A Meditation for Those Feeling Hurried by Adrienne D. Oliver
      • BLD by Jim Gilligan
      • Seeking Refuge Palindrome by Rachel Kotok
      • Snowflakes by Stephanie McLaughlin
      • Your Only Good Dress by Pauline Mc Namee
    • Issue Twenty-Four, Winter 2017
      • Back Pedal by Sara Schupack
      • Change Your Point of View by Mark Zucker
      • It Is Possible by Judy Bebelaar
      • Like-Minded People by Catharine Lucas
      • Of Thee I Sing by Kathy Moore
      • One Can Always Dream by Evan Nichols
      • Other Anthem Variations by David Braden
      • Tell Me Again by Carla Williams-Namboodiri
      • The Spider to the Fly by Floyd Salas
      • When Follies Cometh by Yuet-Sim Darrell Chiang
      • Wild Chinese Orchids by Barbara Bornet Stumph
    • Issue Twenty-Three, Summer 2016
      • Babies and Fools by Mark Ali
      • Gravenstein by Evan Nichols
      • Harvest Interruptus by Teri Gruenwald
      • Heaven by Elizabeth Levett
      • Intimations of Gods or Ghosts by David Braden
      • Junebird by Kathy Moore
      • Occupying The Loop by John Levine
      • Picnic by Sara Schupack
      • Rainy-day Friday By Carla Williams-Namboodiri
      • Take Me to a Planetarium by Keri DuLaney-Greger
      • The Final Shoe by Marna Blanchard
      • What Are Little Boys Made Of? by Mark Zucker
      • What to Do on Your Summer Vacation by Jane Juska
      • Writing and Bottles of Beer on the Wall by Jeremiah Romm
    • Issue Twenty-Two, Winter 2016
      • 2015 Was The Year by Alison McDonald
      • A DIY Clock by Carla Williams-Namboodiri
      • A Fistful of Fives by Mark Zucker
      • A Year of Grief in Review through the Eyes of a Hawk by Kathy Moore
      • Bottled by Bruce Greene
      • Happy Wacky by Floyd Salas
      • Huang Shan Mountain by Barbara Bornet Stumph
      • Object Permanence by Elizabeth Levett
      • Rocky Point by Hector Lee
      • Stolen Light by Fran Claggett
      • Suzie’s Soup Scandal by Athena Karantzalis
      • The Funnel by Judy Bebelaar
      • Trump Time by Stephen Gutierrez
      • Unfolding Time by David Braden
      • Which Brings Us To Maude by Jane Juska
      • Wounded City by Meredith Pike-Baky
    • Issue Twenty-One, Summer 2015
      • Climbing the Walls by John Levine
      • Colorful Identity by Athena Karantzalis
      • Glass Half Full by Elizabeth Levett Fortier
      • Language Transformation by David Braden
      • Picking Up Strays by Marna Blanchard
      • Suddenly, This Summer by Jane Juska
      • Tahiti Palm by Hector Lee
      • Take in the Good by Marty Williams
      • The Mekong River Delta by Katie Johnson
      • The Unseen Bridge by Robert Pressnall
    • Issue Twenty, Telephone, Spring 2015
      • A Rose is Not a Telephone by Darrell G.H. Schramm
      • Daddy, Guess What Happened to My Cell Phone? by David Braden
      • Don’t Listen to Your Friends by Ruby Bernstein
      • For You by Kathy Moore
      • From Party Line to Photo Op by Jan Bergamini
      • Helen at the La Salle by Stephen Tollefson
      • Hello, It’s Me by Elizabeth Levett Fortier
      • How Did I Know? by Tureeda Mikell
      • I Abjure You! by Marna Blanchard
      • Ringing in the Evening by Yuet-Sim Darrell Chiang
      • Twin Talk by Katie Johnson
    • Issue Nineteen, Summer 2014
      • 3’s a Crowd by Andrena Zawinski
      • A Polkadot Red with the Smell of Snuff by Floyd Salas
      • Cacao by Hector Lee
      • Death Café by Jane Juska
      • Ebb Tide by Catharine Lucas
      • Exact Science by Elizabeth Levett Fortier
      • Grandma’s Lesson by Susan Maloney
      • Margot by Sushanna Ellington
      • My Career as a Glass Artist by Ruby Bernstein
      • Neighbors by John Levine
      • Not Completely Lost in a Chinese Art Exhibition by Barbara Bornet Stumph
      • The Kinder Egg: Forbidden Knowledge by Ema Fischer-Mikolavich
      • Time’s Horizon by Christian Knoeller
      • You Can Reach Me by David Braden
    • Issue Eighteen, Leaves, Winter 2014
      • A Pearl of a Girl by Jane Juska
      • Breakfast with Painting Master by Barbara Bornet
      • Comet Watching by Christian Knoeller
      • Con Vivir by Lanette Jimerson
      • Don’t Cut That Flyleaf! by Steve Tollefson
      • Eternal Hush by Floyd Salas
      • Everything Leaves by Elizabeth Levett Fortier
      • It by Mark Ali
      • Learning to Work by Carol Tateishi
      • Leaves by Hector Lee
      • Leaves from the Collected Letters of Satchel by Tom Dunlap
      • Leaving by Judy Bebelaar
      • Leaving Muir Woods by Yuet-Sim Darrell Chiang
      • Neshamah by Sushanna Ellington
      • New Now by David Braden
      • Sochi on My Mind by Ruby Bernstein
      • Someone I Loved Once by Marty Williams
      • The Botanist by Tureeda Mikell
      • The Inkeeper That Resides in Me by Meredith Pike-Baky
      • Walking and Stalking by John Levine
    • Issue Seventeen, Summer 2013
      • All Praise is Due by Mark Ali
      • Gilt by Marguerite Sheffer
      • Kenai Lake in the Rain by Marty Williams
      • Kick Plumb Jerk by Sara Schupack
      • Legacy by Ruby Bernstein
      • Murderous Intent by Marna Blanchard
      • Pho, Please by Viet-ly Nguyen
      • Picnics by Jan Bergamini
      • Sharp New Looks by Carla Williams-Namboodiri
      • Sleepless Night at Summer’s End by Andrena Zawinski
      • Still Lives Still by Sushanna Ellington
      • The Same River by Christian Knoeller
      • This is My Happy Place by Hector Lee
      • Together Thirty Years, Married 3 Times, Finally Legal by Alison McDonald
      • Two Small Hands by Elizabeth Levett Fortier
      • What You Should Know to be an Angry Black Woman by Cherise Martinez-McBride
      • Winter Conversation by Kathy Moore
      • Would Jewfish with Me? by Kerry Wood
      • Yesterday Fire by David Braden
    • Issue Sixteen, Winter 2013
      • Dreamers by Carla Williams-Namboodiri
      • Dusk in the Orchard by Fran Claggett
      • Easing Into You by Marna Blanchard
      • Great Big Pink Cement Trucks by Floyd Salas
      • I Never Wanted to be an English Teacher by Ruby Bernstein
      • Landscape by Hector Lee
      • Looking for Home by Christian Knoeller
      • Silence is Platinum by Steve Tollefson
      • Tourist by L.M. Quraishi
      • We are Just Sound, We are Just Noise by David Braden
    • Issue Fifteen, Nurture 2012
      • Baking from Scratch by Carla Williams-Namboodiri
      • Exodus by Ruby Bernstein
      • Introspection and Reflection by Marna Blanchard
      • Nature? Nurture? Not Sure by Kerry Wood
      • New Song by Bob Pressnall
      • Nurture by Hector Lee
      • Own Self House by Mark Ali
      • Persimmons by Christian Knoeller
      • Retreat by Jim Hughes
      • The Rock Nurtures by Tureeda Mikell
    • Issue Fourteen, Winter 2012
      • After the Fall by Jane Juska
      • All the Women are Strong by Michelle Quraishi
      • Anza Borrego and Mnm’s by Hector Lee
      • Borders by Nooshi Borhan
      • Bouba ‘n Kiki by David Braden
      • Dogs and Pain by Tom Meyer
      • Entreaty by Mark Ali
      • Florence, Café Zoe by Judy Bebelaar
      • For My Father by Ruby Bernstein
      • Mr. Johnson, You Have AIDS by Jared Karol
      • Tell Me Something by Andrena Zawinski
      • The Greatest Name Ever by Steve Tollefson
      • Winter Quatrain by Marty Williams
    • Issue Thirteen, Bounce, July 2011
      • ((Bounce)) by Misa Sugiura
      • A Day at the Dog Park by Floyd Salas
      • A Way to a Man’s Heart by Ruby Bernstein
      • After Dreaming of Turtles by Christian Knoeller
      • Bouncy by Sara Schupack
      • Learning from Ruth by Hector Lee
      • Losing the Balance by Andrena Zawinski
      • Morning Run with Dog by Marty Williams
      • Rubber Ducky by David Braden
    • Issue Twelve, February 2011
      • Bob’s by Bruce Greene
      • Friday by Megan Mercurio
      • Korean Gate by Hector Lee
      • Never Been Happier by John Levine
      • Seahorse on a Stick by Meredith Pike-Baky
      • Snapshots by Page Hersey
      • Stone Cold by Ruby Bernstein
      • The Buddha, Keanu Reeves and Me by Jared Karol
      • Touchstone by Christian Knoeller
      • Untitled by Michelle Hackel
      • What Lovers are Supposed to Do by Claire Noonan
    • Issue Eleven, “Collection,” August 2010
      • Collections by Glenn Kenyon
      • Expiration Date by Marna Blanchard
      • Gristmill by Christian Knoeller
      • Hankies and Guns by Mary Barrett
      • Oxford Library Books by Katie Johnson
      • Pulling It All Together by Mike Richman
      • Really by Yuet-Sim Darrell Chiang
      • Sketchbook by Hector Lee
      • Stuff by Sara Schupack
      • The Largeness of Flowers by Andrena Zawinski
      • The Main Shock by Mark Ali
      • The Stones of Heaven by Fran Claggett
      • Two Frogs on a Wet Reed by Barbara Bornet
    • Issue Ten, Chicken, February 2010
      • Beside the White Chickens by Kerry Wood
      • Chicken: A Story of Fear, Rats and Retribution by Tom Dunlap
      • Empty Nest by John Levine
      • From the days when we were chickens… by Heidi Avelina Smith
      • Happy Gin Fizz by Tomas Moniz
      • Language Lessons by Christian Knoeller
      • Little Chicken by Robert Pressnall
      • Ritual by Ruby Bernstein
      • Sapaporte by Glenn Kenyon
      • Underpants by Stephanie Baker
      • Unfair Game by Jane Juska
      • We Remember Skinning Chicken by Andrena Zawinski
    • Issue Nine, August 2009
      • Bittersweets for Camellia by Andrena Zawinski
      • Butterfly Morning by Meredith Pike-Baky
      • Comfort Robber by Susan Lee
      • Eyes by Judy Bebelaar
      • Flying Lessons by Christian Knoeller
      • Her Nocturnal Travels by Jan Matsuoka
      • Lake Bryn Mawr Camp by Lizzy Lynette Vlasses
      • Men are from Swat-it, Women are from Save-it by Vicki Sievers
      • Poppy Girl by Hector Lee
      • Preventive Medicine Sucks by Jane Juska
      • Six Rogues by Floyd Salas
      • Sparrow’s Eye by Tureeda Mikell
      • The 8th Grader Within by Bob Pressnall
      • The Dimensions of Memory by Tomas Moniz
      • The G.O. Virus by Evan Nichols
      • The Literature Professor by Mark Ali
      • The Painting In by Mike Richman
      • The Saga of Peter PiercedTongue by Steve Tollefson
      • The Upwelling by Alexa Frisbie
      • Traffic Jam Benny by Claire Noonan
      • War Fragments by Ruby Bernstein
      • What Clouds See by John Levine
    • Issue Eight, June 2009, Thanks
      • Almost Perfect by Regina Woodard
      • Give Us This Day by Tureeda Mikell
      • Ipanema Old Man by Hector Lee
      • Love Letter to Dad by Laura Bradley
      • Ode to Broken Things by Judy Bebelaar
      • On Becoming a Teacher by Bruce Greene
      • Orbit by Mike Richman
      • Plee-ay by Laurel Benjamin
      • T.H.A.N.K.S. by Sara Schupack
      • Thankful by Alexa Frisbie
      • Thanksgiving Day, Isla de Cozumel by Christian Knoeller
      • The Rescue by Adam David Miller
      • Welding My Heart by Tom Dunlap
    • Issue Seven, Summer 2008
      • Sumer Is Icumen In by Jane Juska
      • The BWYB News by Tureeda Mikell
    • Issue Three, Shoes
      • Zips by G. Reyes

• Recent Comments

• BAWP Blogs

  • Evan Nichols
  • Glenn Kenyon
  • Hector Lee
  • Jared Karol
  • Rebeca Garcia- Gonzalez
  • Sarita Johnson
• Search for:

• Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com