Author: Threepenny Editor

I. Halfway through the sentenceshe fell asleep. She had been tellingsome sort of fable concerninga young girl who wakens one morningas a bird. So like life,said the person next to…

Today I went to the doctor—the doctor said I was dying,not in those words, but when I said itshe didn't deny it— What have you done to your body, her…

The sun rises over the mountain.Sometimes there's mistbut the sun's behind it alwaysand the mist isn't equal to it.The sun burns its way through,like the mind defeating stupidity.When the mist…

The building's brick, so the walls get warm in summer.When the summer goes, they're still warm,especially on the south side—you feel the sun there, in the brick,as though it meant…

Louise Glück

Orderly, and out of long habit, my heart continues to beat.I hear it, nights when I wake, over the mild sound of the air conditioner.As I used to hear it…

I think this is my second wind,my sister said. Verylike the first, but thatended, I remember. Ohwhat a wind it was, so powerfulthe leaves fell off the trees.I don’t think…

Try to think, said the teacher,of an image from your childhood.Spoon, said one boy. Ah, said the teacher,this is not an image. It is,said the boy. See, I hold it…

Let me tell you something, said the old woman.We were sitting, facing each other,in the park at ___, a city famous for its wooden toys. At the time, I had…

One morning I awoke unable to move my right arm.I had, periodically, suffered from considerablepain on that side, in my painting arm,but in this instance there was no pain.Indeed, there…