It was the third verse, just as our mouths fixed triumphant. Our eyes moved from the brown hymnal to heaven as he prepared his second liftoff from the choir loft. This time he pinged his ultrasonic notes to the wooden altar. The woman of the cloth ducked. We sang on with trepidation to Bethlehem as … Continue reading Christmas Eve
by Emily Kerlin
Emily Kerlin studied Creative Writing at Antioch College. She has been teaching the difference between “chicken” and “kitchen” to English Language Learners in public schools for the last 10 years. She lives in Urbana, Illinois with her husband, four teenagers and a geriatric brown dog.
January, 2020 T A B L E of C O N T E N T S POEMS Marjorie Maddox, Point of View Emily Kerlin, Christmas Eve Sara Backer, The Animals in My Name Will Cordeiro, Transformations Hayden Saunier, Small Poem for Waking in Winter Dameion Wagner, What is revealed in the winter Clyde Kessler, Storm … Continue reading CPR Volume 21-4
