Art, Poetry & Essays • But not necessarily in that order.
by Mary Gunderson I think I found my poet. When I saw the title of one of Lorna Dee Cervantes poems, Cannery Town in August, I knew immediately that I was going to fall in love with her. It doesn’t matter if she is talking about love or tuna cans, Lorna Dee Cervantes writes each […]
by Sara Gunderson 12:30 a.m. My mother and I are watching television, and I get the notion to turn to her and wish her a happy Mother’s Day. But what we are watching is a repeat telecast of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld’s testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the hideous abuses in Abu Ghraib […]
By Joel Gunderson After she left he emptied her closets and stacked her clothes into moving boxes he had purchased that morning. She had left the night before, but it was not until morning that he could hear the door slam finally shut and work backwards to the words she said, her mouth a moving […]
I feel—as many people all over the world may feel—deeply troubled by the manner in which President Bush has engaged Iraq in conflict. President Bush and his administration have not provided adequate evidence for military engagement with Iraq and they have failed to demonstrate how a military engagement will effectively address terrorist activity directed at […]
Blue Rivers serves up artwork, poetry, and topical essays about art, culture, and the environment.