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Saying Her Name Poems by Margaret Van Every Tallahassee: Librophilia Press (2012) 150 pesos  Reviewed by Michael McGrath   It is fair to say that when we lose a parent, especially when we are young, we are the lost ones – at least for a while. But sometimes it takes a lifetime of battling heartache

The Night Before Christmas On Mexico’s Coast     It’s the night before Christmas, but I live at the beach. I’m afraid a white Christmas is out of my reach. No snow, no sleigh bells, no Santa’s reindeer, The sound of the surf is all that I hear.   I miss mistletoe and I miss

Jaltepec Changed Her Life Forever By Sally and Mike Myers   Alicia Rameño Chavez is living proof that attending Jaltepec Centro Educativo, an all-girl hotel and hospitality management technical university, located in the mountains above the village of El Chante, can change lives, not just for the students but also for their families and generations

Teatime With Mother By Bonnie L. Phillips   I can’t remember how I got here. Or how long I’ve sat in my mother’s favorite chair. But here I am, sitting on the clear plastic furniture protector with the purple peony upholstery safely guarded from spilled milk and the dog’s muddy footprints. I am twelve years

Tepehua Centro Comunitario By Cameron Peters “Helping a Village to Help Itself”     There’s magic in the smile of a Mexican child. Multiple that by a hundred happy, well-fed smiling faces and you have a milagro (miracle)! That’s the Tepehua Centro Communitario. And that’s what I saw when I visited the Centro on a

In The Land Of The Houyhnhnms By Mel Goldberg     After Leona visited a farm as a child of eight, she decided she wanted to be a horse when she grew up. Each time they visited the farm, she went to the meadow and spoke to the horses.  They were friendly and nuzzled her

Turns Out, I Love My Kindle By Carol A. Curtis   Although I love most technologies and adopt them quickly, I couldn’t imagine myself letting go of a “real book”. Going to a bookstore and wandering for an hour…finally deciding on a few, new books…taking them home and appreciating their addition to my coffee table…and

The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce msconce@gmail.com Poetry Magazine (1912–2012) Centennial Birthday     What with print edition magazines falling like autumn leaves (Newsweek is just the latest), it’s a minor miracle that one bright green leaf will never fall to earth for the foreseeable future. PoetryMagazine is that miracle, the oldest monthly devoted to