I won’t tell of the woman who attended my emptiness, a house in blue light, the day after Christmas;
only of my nephew, who left a tiny doll in my shoes, and said
of Saint Nikolaus: “He loves you even though you don’t believe in him.”
Aviva Kasowski’s poetry has appeared in The South Carolina Review, Ninth Letter web edition, the Bellingham Review, and she has a critical review forthcoming in Transmotion. She is a former Bread Loaf work-study scholar and holds a PhD in English and Creative Writing from the University of Georgia. She lives and teaches in the Bay Area.
Image Credit: “After the Storm” by tammy higgins
tammy higgins is 59, born/raised in northern NY living in southern Peterborough NH and loves garden centers, shooting wildlife, gaming online, gardening and near ocean. She has MS.
