| Stories
and Poems
Letter from the Editor:
Literature speaks of the human
condition. It is the stories of life. Poetry is
the song of the heart, with all its nuances, from
the deeply sad to the highly elated. And that
is what you will find here in this section.
 From
lament to celebration, I hope the poetry here
will touch those places in your heart that have
yet to speak, perhaps finding voice. “Kofi”
celebrates the discovery of self, as does Allan
Hurwitz’s “A Work in Progress”.
In Spanish Yvie speaks “Against the War”.
Motherhood is a heartfelt journey and the mother’s
heart is represented here in several poems, “My
Daughter My Son” by Carolyn Roper-Cordey
and “Cycles” by Ellen Irving are two
mothers’ s expression of the need to love
their children. Voices of the heart are reaching
out to you.
Different eras bring a different
consciousness. In “Shoshana’s Tale”
Ellie Ezzati speaks of her experience with womanhood
against the backdrop of that of her grandmothers.
Ellen Irving’s “Journey From the Darkness”
poetically transforms the fall to deep despondency
into a journey towards light. These and other
stories describe the vast range of human experience.
The beauty of words is in how
we mold them and the writers expressed here have,
I think, created works of art. I hope, as editor,
I have provided you with a range of works to which
you will in some way connect. It is in literature
that we oft times discover ourselves. And I hope
I have led you here to some of that self-discovery.
Sandra E. Block
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