Auroras & Blossoms

‘Bobby’ – E.P. Lande

Auroras & Blossoms — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:19:00 +0000

I named him Bobby because he was born with “socks”. When he was old enough to leave his family nest, Bobby made a home for himself in a cut-off water tube that José had attached to the wall in the coop where most of our hens congregated. It wasn’t long before Bobby attracted a pure […]

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‘Love and Other Magic’ – Matthew Spence

Auroras & Blossoms — Tue, 27 May 2025 14:49:42 +0000

Madame Tansy was a self-described witch who lived in a quiet cul de sac on the edge of town, next to a stretch of wild, untamed forest. She wasn’t the kind of witch with green skin or a crooked hat (though she did own one for Halloween). No, Tansy was a “rent-a-witch,” the kind you […]

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‘Coffee, a Recollection’ – Diane Funston

Auroras & Blossoms — Tue, 20 May 2025 15:04:00 +0000

Coffee breaks were a daily ritual in the yellow house where I grew up. Every weekday between three and four, my grandparents and I would have our coffee, our sweets, our conversation. When I was ten years old, I was initiated into the habit of rich brown coffee and pastry afternoons. Thirty-one years later, I […]

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‘Spring Night’ – Wenyi Xiao

Auroras & Blossoms — Tue, 13 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000

The sky wine drunk, whisperingFunny sounds like fool birds.Under the lamplightThe scent of my perfume mixed with April floraThe empty lanes paved with footstepsThe playgrounds stare blank into the deep airMy ear against your orange flanneled chestHeart beats like drops of crystal About Wenyi Xiao Wenyi Xiao is an emerging bilingual poet based in Beijing […]

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‘Sometimes’ – Raz Shacham

Auroras & Blossoms — Tue, 06 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Sometimes I wait for the results of a mammogramand envision my end.Sometimes I bite into a pepper far too hot,to scorch hellfire on my tongue —to remind myself I still am.Sometimes I press through invisible wallsand catch the world’s hush of beautyin my mind’s window frame.Sometimes I watch my son grow tall before meand let […]

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