how streetlights at night
in a blossomed car-passage
share some of the function
of flowers; their shines striking raindrops
which settle on windowpanes
and circle to petals like fists.

Beate Sigriddaughter grew up in Nürnberg, Germany. Her playgrounds were a nearby castle and World War II bomb […]

She would invite a few of her friends as well, so I’d meet some more people in town. When I got to her house, it turned out she’d changed her mind. Other people could wait. This was now all about getting to know me.

Zane Schneider was born in Los Angeles, but has traveled and lived in a few different places. Although […]

she sat down
on a tall stool
and
asked for a martini
running her hand
through her wet hair
shaking it dry