November 2022
Bio Note: I’m a retired English Professor and live with my wife in Northern New Jersey. My poetry collections A Matter of Timing, Time is Not a River, and Morning Calm as well as a recently published chapbook, Jack Pays a Visit, are all available on Amazon.
Monthly Quote: "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." – Dalai Lama
Monthly Quote: "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." – Dalai Lama
Compassion’s Carriage
A week after Thanksgiving I see a family huddled outside the supermarket door— three generations of women taking turns holding a sign with one word: Hungry Shopping carts pass back and forth, wheels wobbling— soon it will snow the sidewalk growing colder— Inside, the produce already starting to rot, milk spoil, the meat and fish turning sour. We think we know what it is to suffer but keep our eyes and ears tuned to what is coming next: the squeaking wheel, the bump over the curb the car’s protective shell.
Originally published in Evening Street Review
©2022 Michael Minassian
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