Tsunami Drills in the High Desert
By Megan Merchant. When children practice drills for a disaster too violent to name.
Bleuet/Bluetiful/Blue
By Megan Merchant. A box of crayons now includes the color of remembrance.
Murmuration
By Megan Merchant. Empathy for the caravan of migrants as they travel north in search of refuge.
My Mother After Brain Surgery
By Megan Merchant. Rape culture obliges women to be hyper-vigiliant.
Another Word
By Megan Merchant. The horrors of gender violence are articulated all over the world.
Funeral Details
By Megan Merchant. “The sermon will grow loud at times, generic as a hot dish brought to grief’s door.”
Sticks and Stones
By Megan Merchant. Chemical attacks and prolonged airstrikes in Syria inspire fierce maternalism.
Putin on Horseback
By Megan Merchant. Meditations on strength as Putin unveils a nuclear missile resistant to all defense.
Actionable Intelligence
By Megan Merchant. After America’s 8th school shooting this year, a call to action.
Lost Souls
By Megan Merchant. The nation, numbed by mass shootings, barely flinches about this week’s gunfire at a Kentucky high school.