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An Important Question by Theodora Goss When she decides to drop her eyes instead of looking back at him, a refusal rather than a return of attention, is she perhaps missing the chance to change her life, to find whatever … Continue reading →

On the Topic of Love by Theodora Goss I was thinking about the topic of love, as in what is it exactly? It’s not like the ocean, or a tree, or a rock — these are things I understand. Love, … Continue reading →

Prescription by Theodora Goss Take a crabapple tree in spring, white with blossoms. Take it in the early morning, while all the birds in the elms are dropping their notes on the front porch, and the white moths are still … Continue reading →

Mirror, Mirror by Theodora Goss Each morning, standing barefoot on cold tiles, I ask you, not who is the fairest in the land — I’m neither that vain nor ambitious. But am I as fair as I was yesterday, or … Continue reading →

Lesson Learned from a Sidewalk by Theodora Goss If you’re not broken, flowers can’t grow out of you. (The image is The Sensitive Plant by Charles Robinson.)

Girl, Wolf, Woods by Theodora Goss There are days on which I am the girl in the woods in my red cap, jaunty, with my basket, plentiful, wearing my innocence like a placard. There are days on which I am … Continue reading →

The Clever Serving-Maid by Theodora Goss Here are the things your mother did not give you: a chest filled with linens for your marriage bed, a casket of jewels to wear on your wedding day, a handkerchief spotted with her … Continue reading →