Letter from the Editor Vallie Lynn Watson __________ January, 2025, has been historic down here on the bayou. Not only does it mark Boudin’s one-year anniversary of becoming a monthly, we also had our first blizzard warning, ever! This elusive southern snow provided the perfect setting to compile Boudin’s Winter Extravaganza.…
Read MoreBut I am Just a Poet Rebecca Dietrich __________ If I were an artist,I’d capture you in a regal pose,adorned in Tyrian purple,edged in gold.A crown of rubies upon your brow,to echo the shade of my lips,when they leave their mark upon your skin.Or perhaps,like a reincarnate of Picasso,your testicles…
Read MoreDismissed Bart Edelman __________ You say you’re sorry;It won’t happen again.Attempt a feeble apology,Showing a bit of remorse.Yet I’m not asking for anything,Foolishly deceiving me again.That ticket’s been punchedFar too many timesTo think admission is possible.No, what I have in mindDoesn’t really concern you.Rest assured, you’re dismissed.Expelled from a schoolI…
Read MoreLet It Rain, London Workers, & Eyes Edward Lees __________ Let It Rain I was the only person in my confirmation classnot to go through with it.I had to talk to the pastor,tell him how I wasn’t sure I believedthe words I was supposed to say.I think it was mostly…
Read MoreA Perfect Place to Feel Lonely Patty Somlo __________ I didn’t intend to be alone at this point. After staying single long enough to worry that I might be alone forever, I went on a blind date. By the time my date and I said goodnight, I’d already fallen a…
Read MoreLove, Life, and Death on the Amazon Steve Bernstein __________ 10/14/15, Amazon purchase: Family Life: A Novel, by Akhil Sharma, Kindle $9.14 We were on call for both moms 24/7. One of the remaining joys my partner and I shared was reading a book together in bed. She read. I…
Read MoreThe Beach at Trouville Sandra Carlson Khalil __________ You had a habit of delighting me, of doing things I thought no other grandmother would do: laughing at your own jokes as food sparked from your mouth, standing barefoot on the couch to recite old-fashioned poetry, and mimicking Bob Ross —…
Read MorePetrichor & Under a sheepskin coat Anna Idelevich __________ Petrichor The earthy smell inherited by ancestorsfrom actinobacteria geosmin,aerosol felt by my eggs,is not indifferent to your artillery salt.It is hypocritical to claim that our love is a series film,a game of incredible scale of galactic empires,perfumery shops with worn-out labels,you…
Read MoreWe Thought It Was Freedom & It Was an Accident, I Swear Kevin Brown __________ We Thought It Was Freedom Every summer, our mother hid our shoes from us. She took our tennis shoes—the knock-off Nikes and Keds we bought at Hills, the knock-off department store that went under before…
Read MoreStop Sign, Where We Were, & Where We Came To Gary Fincke __________ Stop Sign My mother, motionless and unblinking, studied the road for so long I began to imagine my sister and I standing on the shoulder, an ambulance parked nearby. Though I had no idea what her condition…
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