A Note from Perigee's Founding Editor

This issue—which marks our 7th anniversary and is our 28th volume—will be Perigee's last publication for the foreseeable future. Perigee has been a great passion of mine for these many years, and a constant source of discovery and inspiration. These days, as a stay-at-home dad and full-time graduate student, my attentions are necessarily shifting elsewhere. I'd like to leave the door open for Perigee's return in the coming years and hope to revisit and rekindle this remarkable conversation we've been having.

In the meantime please accept my sincerest thanks for your support over the years. As I look back through 28 issues I leave satisfied that Perigee accomplished the goal at the heart of my decision to create this publication in the first place: To provide a quality venue for well crafted writing and art, particularly for voices who might not otherwise be heard.

Yours Truly,



Robert J Woerheide
Editor-in-Chief, Designer

Issue 28 Contributors

Perigee's 28th issue will be released on April 20th, and we are excited to present the following work:

FICTION
"Foreword to Volume 421," by Simon Barron
"Seeing the Rabbit," by Barbara O’Byrne
"Tragedy in the History of a Comedy," by Lawrence Lawson
"The Wish," by Rebecca Lawton
"'Redemption,' an excerpt from Tempest," by Robert Miltner
"The Sad Ballad of Santiago Pancho Sanchez," by Tatjana Soli


NON-FICTION
"Burying Dogs," by David W. Berner
"I Grew Up With Running Water," by Stanley E. Ely
"Brain Games," by Mike Finley
"Half-Moon Wide," by Sarah L. Miller
"Finding Fathers," by Joelle Renstrom
"Notes from 1970: A Memoir," by Claude Clayton Smith
"All the Leaves are Brown," by Sean Finucane Toner


POETRY
"I wish his swimtrunks," by Bonnie Auslander
"Formal Proof In 9 Steps That Right Now You’re Standing In A Puddle, Thinking Of Me," by Danielle Blau
"Thomas: Appoggiatura," by Gabriella Brand
"My Father Was a Wandering Aramean," by Lawrence Cronin
"What I Recall After Thirty Years," by Billie Dee
"I Had Tea with Mary Oliver," by Trish Dugger
"Completely in my own Mind," by Michael Estabrook
"Once a Dancer," by Ellen Friedman
"Answer the Phone," by Erica Goss
"Autumnal," by Erica Goss
"Bubble Cut," by Kate Harding
"Coyote Eating Apricots," by Kate Harding
"After the Rains," by Michael Hettich
"First Day of Class," by Michael Hettich
"Mouse," by Michael Hettich
"An Indication I May Be an Optimist," by Terry Hertzler
"I Love my Body," by Terry Hertzler
"Looking Glass," by David Holper
"’62 Cadillac," by David Holper
"Folding Baby Clothes with Emily Dickinson," by Una Hynum
"Matthew," by Una Hynum
"Phlebotomist," by Una Hynum
"The Son Witnesses how the World Works," by Sean Karns
"Good Deal," by Gail Levine
"Elegy for Raymond," by Sarah B Marsh-Rebelo
"If God Hath a Beard," by Gary Metras
"As Much As I Want," by Michael Nieman
"It's Early Yet," by Michael Nieman
"Especially the Bridges," by Joyce Nower
"After the Squall," by Joyce Nower
"Moon Shining on a Deserted Courtyard at the Foreign House at Beijing Normal," by Joyce Nower
"Proprieties," by Joyce Nower
"After the deep sleep," by Colby Cedar Smith
"A Walk on the Shore," by Liliana Ursu
"Strolling between Millennia," by Liliana Ursu
"Obituary," by Jon Wesick
"Outside the Vatican," by Jon Wesick