First Edition features new original works by Northern California Jewish writers. Appearing the first issue of each month, it includes a poem and an excerpt from a novel or short story.
seven day sit
sink toward a future
prepared for
so long
not known then
how hollow death
not known yet how
full life
shrouded in dark
bright flowers surround
the essence of memory
wave of music over
epitaph
Blessed spirit, beloved by those he touched.
choose Indian black
granite, rectangular slab
sized by cemetery rules
Jewish star italicized
Roman font then
etch in eternity
Barbara Joan Tiger Bass received her MFA from Mills College and her BA from Sarah Lawrence College. Her poetry is published in print and online journals including Indigo Rising, Spillway and San Diego Poetry Annual. She is a creative writing teacher and coach in Oakland.
Works may be submitted to fiction editor Ilana DeBare at [email protected] or poetry editor Joan Gelfand at [email protected]. Fiction excerpts may run up to 2,500 words, but only 800 words will appear in the print edition, with the rest appearing online. All prose and poetry published to date can be viewed at jweeklylit.wordpress.com.