People At A Coffee Shop

Serema and Soheil

The long forced march is behind them. The couple seated at the table are about to harvest what they have…

8 years ago

Carla’s painting of George Gerber (Copy of original)

Being dead didn't suit George Gerber. And, for George Gerber, being dead didn’t last long. By all accounts here was…

1 year ago

Carla’s painting of George Gerber

The man in the painting was not ‘merely dead’... but as the coroner in The Wizard of Oz once described…

8 years ago

Natasha

A quick exchange of pleasantries, then Natasha... gets to work at a table or in the window of our coffee…

8 years ago

Chris Green’s Erasure Poem

Construction of American Pipelines Erasure poem by Chris Green * * * The United States, hereby retrofit. With regard to…

8 years ago

The Wang Creed

He knew that he and the world he lived in would not long survive.At the height of the Second World…

9 years ago

Go Back To Where You Came From

What he wanted to know, but was too polite to ask, is if he and his wife are in danger.(Names…

9 years ago

Neal and the Climate

If you anguish over what claims you can believe and whom you should trust in the debate over climate change,…

9 years ago

Chess Match, Richard Lang

It was early in the ‘80s. The manufacturer of an electronic chess game claimed that it could defeat Anatoly Karpov,…

9 years ago

Beverly

Beverly comes in to the coffee shop around noon. If there’s a spot next to the man in the window…

9 years ago