“Us, Ancient” – A Short Love Story
Us, Ancient by Deborah J. Brasket You know what I love most about swimming? How perky my breasts get. All …
Category Archives: Love
Love is the Refusal to Defeat Any Individual, MLK, Jr. – From Zen Flash
Reblogged from Zen Flash “In the final analysis, love is not merely an emotional something. Love is creative, understanding goodwill …
“Mostly Love, Now” and “The Cows at Night”
Since posting the speech by George Saunders I’ve been searching, without success for the poem he mentions by Hayden Carruth, …
On Regret and Kindness – Amazing Graduation Speech by George Saunders
It’s not often you get major writers speaking of such mundane and seemingly trite things as “regrets” and “kindness” to …
Song of Me and Mine
Tonight as we marvel at the summer solstice super-moon, our family will be celebrating our daughter’s birthday. In remembrance of this lovely event, …
Celebrating Lasting Love
They say opposites attract. That was true when my husband and I first met. I found in him everything I …
Love Lost, and Renewed
Not long after I decided to leave my husband I met someone new. I was working part-time at a book …
Love’s Duplicity
When I first fell in love, it was a hot thing—urgent, possessive, almost feverish at times. I truly saw love …
The Geometry, and Geography, of Love
I wrote these poems while still quite young, and very much in love, and loving the way our bodies “meet and …
“Rider on the Storm” – My Wild Child, My Son
Recently I posted a tribute to my daughter on her wedding day, and as I wrote it, I wondered about …
