Great Regulars: But one of the most thoughtful Mother's Day gifts

out there is already available: Helicon Nine Editions' The Movable Nest: A Mother/Daughter Companion.

Nest is an anthology of verse, stories, letters and nonfiction exploring the complex bond between mothers and daughters. Here the reader will rediscover why this relationship is so basic to the human condition; it is at once profound, conflicted, heartbreaking and fulfilling.

from John Mark Eberhart: The Kansas City Star: Helicon Nine anthology features verse and prose on the mother/daughter bond

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Hats off to Robert Stewart, editor of New Letters magazine, who's marking the 20th anniversary of his Plumbers poetry collection. To help celebrate, here's a poem from that very fine book.

Pouring Lead
By Robert Stewart

from John Mark Eberhart: Parachute: Anniversary

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'On her birthday'

By Anne Mallinson

from John Mark Eberhart: Parachute: Birthday presence

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Soup
By Pat Daneman

from John Mark Eberhart: Parachute: Bubble, bubble

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WOW
By William Trowbridge

from John Mark Eberhart: Parachute: Too cool for . . .

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Ukuleles and color fields
By Maria Vasquez Boyd

from John Mark Eberhart: Parachute: Ukuleles . . .

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Please Take Out the Trash

By Larry M. Schilb

from John Mark Eberhart: Parachute: What? Tuesday again?

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