He had asked and in reply— swallowtail, joe-pye weed, balloon flower, skipper —the boy recalls a beach where his father is teaching the perfection of stone, honed smooth and flat as possible and best sized, if possible, to fit exactly the thumb and forefinger of one’s throwing hand, and to send it on a plane … Continue reading Naming the Day
by Phillip Sterling
The grass has added tent to its vocabulary The air: shuttlecock And the lowest limbs of the crabapple: boy Published in Cider Press Review, Volume 20, Issue 2. Phillip Sterling is the author of two poetry collections, And Then Snow and Mutual Shores, a collection of short fiction, In Which Brief Stories Are Told, … Continue reading Summer School
by Phillip Sterling
Phillip Sterling is the author of two poetry collections, And Then Snow and Mutual Shores, a collection of short fiction, In Which Brief Stories Are Told, and four chapbook-length series of poems: Significant Others, Quatrains, Abeyance, And for All This: Poems from Isle Royale. He has served as Artist-in-Residence for both Isle Royale National Park … Continue reading Phillip Sterling
