In “The Space Between 4:00 a.m.” by Berwyn Moore, first published in Five Points Volume 17, number 2, the narrator in the poem seems to wrestle with over-analyzation or over-contemplation—something [...]
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Getting older is a way of life. It’s just the way it is. Adults fear each coming birthday, but children celebrate them. Children love the idea [...]
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In her poem “On Thy Wondrous Works I Will Meditate (Psalm 145),” first published in Five Points, Volume 10, numbers 1 & 2, Mary Oliver gives a [...]
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The universe has a funny way of giving us exactly what we ask for and making us regret it just as soon as we get it. [...]
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To wake up in the morning and open two eyes, or maybe one eye first, just to test the water, just to make sure everything’s okay, [...]
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Sometimes, we find in life that lemons are just that, lemons. The jug in which you prepared to catch the water raining down on you has [...]
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