in medias res by Melinda Kucsera

For My Sister

Today you would have turned 31, but death cut you off at 29. Your last words still ring in my ears:

In Memoriam

This blog is dedicated to my sister Carolyn Kucsera. She died in February of 2014 at the age of 29 from complications of diabetes. Her last request was that I publish stories from the series I have worked on for most of life. Stories about a place called Shayari that I used to talk over with her. Stories…

Divination — A Sonnet for Your Thoughts

And I lay sleeping, weaving a dead dream,

a late nightmare where we played tarot cards

stacked in two piles on headstones that gleam.

Sestina: O, Guardian Most Dear

O, Guardian Most Dear*

(Extra)Ordinary: a Picture & a Battleship {Sonnet}

Battleship

Patron Saint: A Sonnet

Patron Saint

Saint of sestinas, sonnets and robots,
patron of science and sweet baking cakes,
why limit yourself to worshipful tots?
When you could be prayed to by handsome rakes?
Rolex wearing and luxury driving
cheapskates? Neon halos cap steeples in…