This is a collection of stories composed of a series of poems based on a month’s worth of Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Day.
A Gap Where You Used to Be
“Long, rectangular table.
Six chairs, all taken
but one—
yours.”
A Mutual Aching to Leave
“The display case filled with fudge,
hard candies my mom would like.
I consider buying them, before remembering
she’s gone.”
Odds & Evens
“A new year, another long day
corralling teenagers into
an English class reading a book
half of them won’t open.”
A Traveler’s Hymn
“He packed his bags and threw them back
behind the driver’s seat.
His destination was not known,
but still he headed east.”
Whatever Home Is
“Someone always there
to take care of the dishes.
Someone always there
to sign for packages.
Someone always there
to watch for red Corollas.”
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M. Espinosa 