Since Harold’s partner died first,
I’m gifted his antique Flow Blue teapot,
sugar, creamer, which I keep
next to the porcelain pitcher where
my father’s wooden paintbrushes show
their bristles like little bud-brooms.
These sit atop a thick, large navy splatter-
ware plate I threw at Bennington
more than forty years ago.
What remains? I recall the feel of wet clay,
sitting at the wheel, centering myself.
VOLUME 3: ISSUE 4
WINTER 2026
Poetry
“Vignette”
Cindy Frenkel
Cindy Frenkel’s writing has appeared in publications ranging from The New Yorker to WIRED to The New York Ob-server, where she was a columnist. She served as writer/editor of the Detroit Institute of Arts magazine (DIA) and a writer-in-residence with InsideOut Literary Arts Project. She is the co-author of 100 Essential Books for Jewish Readers and author of the chapbook, The Plague of the Tender-Hearted (Finishing Line Press, 2020). Her full-length poetry collection is forthcoming from Kelsay Books.
