Rocky River Series: Basketball
byThree Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) You can still see the scar where the city removed the downtown basketball courts last summer. Nearby, in the…
Devouring our nest
by the daily asteriskBut now I hesitated, my hand hovering over the dairy case. For the first time in human history, I was aware, the appetites of…
Therefore I do protest
by the daily asteriskTo sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men. The human race Has climbed on protest. Had no voice been…
Skamani Season
by Luke Johnstonsand pipers pluck the eyes of junk shad twitching in mesh nets strewn over the quay as big blue men string poles along the…
A people’s dream died
by the daily asteriskI did not know then how much was ended. When I look back now from this high hill of my old age, I can…
River or Rock?
by Kenneth Arthur(in memory of Orlando, June 12, 2016) The ghost of childhood winters chills the summer heat, skipping across the field behind Bingham Elementary, stopping…
Neighborhood expression of care
by the daily asteriskWe’ve got to have more of this neighborhood expression of care…. I feel that if we in public television can only make it clear that…
Arctic sounds
by Paul Douglas McNeill III open my eyes and watch the tiny feet do their little dance under the door. I squeeze my eyes shut, open them again,…
Maybe running is a country
by the daily asteriskI began running when the fire started and I haven’t stopped since maybe I come from running maybe running is a country maybe everyone…
Rocky River Series: Camp
by Kirstin Vander Giessen-ReitsmaThree Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) On the other side of the bridge from the historic timeline mural where a lone Indian gazes longingly into…