One Sentence Poems

Vivian Wagner Pre-Op You’re on a gurney, prepped, feet under a blanket warmed with energy that might or might not be the sun’s, and through you I see my mother, also on a hospital bed, feet beneath blanket, waiting, as we all are, to wheel away. Vivian Wagner lives in New Concord, Ohio, where she’s […]

Vivian Wagner Small Talk “It snowed earlier,” I say to my neighbor, and he nods, says, “Yeah, I saw that,” as we both look up at the grey sky, our dogs straining on leashes toward spring. Vivian Wagner lives in New Concord, Ohio, where she’s an associate professor of English at Muskingum University.