How to Get There
By Laura Lee Washburn
Follow Eliza. Toss an apple
for your toddler boy to keep him
moving toward and away from.
Let the good people who will
feed. Sleep in a ditch. Sleep
under a tree. Carry the child.
Carry your neighbor’s … Continue reading→
January 21, 2017. Oh Future Reader, Will You Know This Date? By Laura Lee Washburn Because I was in a car driving at the highway speeds cars drive, I saw the fire and I saw the tree. Remember the camp and … Continue reading→
Conversation By Laura Lee Washburn It’s just money It’s just legislation It’s just sexism, just bullying just knowing scapegoating. Show me the damn sheep, bouncing lamb, the peacock announcing heaven. The refuge of art is a false one. See Germany. … Continue reading→
Peace and Reckoning By Laura Lee Washburn i. Of Whom to Beware Every English teacher has a brother with a gun, somebody who goes out Thanksgiving for a duck. The teachers sit home with red pens, or so you would … Continue reading→
The Eldest Son By Laura Lee Washburn journeyed to seek his fortune. His parents wished him well, had even offered him home, but he must go and so he did until a kingdom with the weeping king and lost princess … Continue reading→