Farewell 2012. May 2013 outshine all your dark moments and bring it’s own good madness. Especially, These Little Parts Jay, last night, carrying the bags up the subway steps, we were tired, from another day of shopping in the city, and traveling home for so long on those underground trains. We had everything… Continue reading End of the Year Poem
Tag: Poetry
Dying Cat at Misfits’ Miscellany
When my husband and I moved in together, nearly 15 years ago, we got June, our loudmouth tabby. Picked her up at a farm, held her as big dogs jumped everywhere. She didn’t flinch so we decided she was a keeper. Then about three months later I decided that June needed a friend and we… Continue reading Dying Cat at Misfits’ Miscellany
Reading My Life at Vox Poetica
Cardinals. Winter birds. The birds that stay. I’m ready to find myself in a city I don’t know, amongst people who don’t speak or won’t speak my language. Things I like to talk about in poems. I’ve got a poem entitled Reading My Life over at Vox Poetica. It’s sort of appropriate since I’ve been… Continue reading Reading My Life at Vox Poetica
What the Bridge Says at Misfit’s Miscellany
My old walk to work used to take me over a bridge. Actually bridge isn’t even right because it wasn’t anything like the Brooklyn Bridge or the Gowanus Canal even. It wasn’t over some small brook or stream. It was over a highway full of exhaust fumes and noise. Still, each morning I would look at… Continue reading What the Bridge Says at Misfit’s Miscellany
In case you didn’t know it’s Election Day
So you should go vote. There, I said it. But guess what else it means? It’s the end of the campaigning! Thank Zeus. No more fliers in my mailbox, or slipped under my door. No more people in the subway asking me if I have five minutes to talk about their guy. No more commercials, phone… Continue reading In case you didn’t know it’s Election Day
Ally Malinenko 