​POETRY  -  
          With the Theme of Making or Breaking Bread

"sour acidic sweet
oval round miniscule epic"
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Two Poems: 
Heirloom Tomatoes, and
O Those Cheeks
by Donna Kaulkin

​Heirloom Tomatoes

​​rich with memory
tale of duress struggle fear ease
pleasure dripping
sour acidic sweet
oval round miniscule epic
fragrance of loam
lime lemon plum apricot
the Ninth
My Girl
Nessun Dorma
better than bananas
too good for lettuce
begging for a rustic plate
mozzarella di bufala
McEvoy olive oil
Scharffen Berger for dessert

​O Those Cheeks

round plump plums in summer
as I push your stroller up/down
the Inner Richmond hills
stopping to share a Kit Kat
on a rose garden bench
then to the de Young tower
where the panorama
lulls you into your nap
 
scarlet mounds as you run round and round
grownups sipping Chardonnay
taking no notice of you until you fall
gasping for air at their feet giggling
 
peaches in winter
on the playground
roundly delectable sweet
and mine to nibble
 
pale apricots in repose
round blue eyes behind a sweep of lashes
as I read Horton Hears a Who
 
all memory now
 
as you read The Underwear Dare aloud
the snowy angles of your face
I see your father, uncle, grandpa
the cherished men in my life who preceded you
you laugh and I hear them
 
and we go round
and round
and round

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​​Donna Kaulkin is the author of a novel, Brenda Corrigan Went Downtown. She has written stories, plays, a musical and poetry and is developing a memoir. A Georgetown University graduate, Donna currently is a freelance writer and editor specializing in aviation and the arts. She formerly was Managing Editor of U.S. Pharmacopoeia Consumer Publications and an editorial director in McGraw-Hill’s aviation group. In 1999 and 2000, she served as president of the American News Women’s Club.

Other works in this issue:
Fiction:
​You Belong with Us

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