Katherine McGirr



Article Collection

The Anniversary

Katherine McGirr

The Literary Issue — Dec 14, 2006

We need a number
to plot our love, to propose

Smoke that Thunders

Katherine McGirr

The Literary Issue — Dec 14, 2006

A hump of grass bulges into the spray of
Victoria Falls is one of the world’s seven
Wonders are easier to count than to
Think of the woman on the bulge
Gardens usually accept water like hands into a
Hand shakes when her umbrella leans under
Water is halted ...

The End of the Hanging Basket

Katherine McGirr

The Literary Issue — May 2, 2007

“Mr. Stone was commissioned by the mayor of London to design a “dry garden” of plants and flowers that use less water because England, widely associated with drizzle, is actually drying up.”
“LONDON IS SO DRY,” Wall Street Journal, July 2006

Lightning Can Mean Everything

Katherine McGirr

The Literary Issue — May 2, 2007

There is a stop light
in front of Weston Autobody;
in evening the autoshop light sears
mechanics.

Word of the Day

Katherine McGirr

The Literary Issue — May 2, 2007

It has been a week of nouns weakening
in applicability, often adjunct and defunct;
this acronym owes more, to us, than onus.