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WELCOME TO PC# 9: THE HOUSE & HOME ISSUE

"FOR SOME, THE MEANING OF 'HOME' IS OBVIOUS.
​FOR OTHERS, NOT SO MUCH."

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For some, the meaning of "home" is obvious.

For others, not so much.

Home might be a building modeled after the stereotypical four-wall concept where you eat, sleep, and keep your stuff. Or, it might be less about the building and more about who you share it with. It might be a tepee raised on a canyon floor.

A structure might not be involved at all.

Home might be a larger place, or at least (should it be "at most?") a memory of it.


Where, or what, is home for you? How is it defined and what makes it yours? What does it mean to be homeless, and does it always encompass the lack of a roof over your head? Is home improvement a physical or spiritual process? What, besides wheels, makes a home mobile?

​There are just some of the questions explored in this issue of Prodigal's Chair.
Header photo by T. Guzzio.

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STICKS

VINCE RAPPA'S POEM IS A REFLECTION ON A TIME AND PLACE ROOTED IN HIS MEMORY OF "HOME."

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A THRESHOLD NEVER CROSSED

DAVID SMITH LOOKS AT HOW FAMILY SECRETS CAN AND DO EVENTUALLY REVEAL THEMSELVES.​

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BUBBLING

IN SUZANNE BOUCHER'S POEM HOME IS SOMETHING YOU CAN TASTE.​

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MY HOMETOWN: A BRIEF HISTORY OF REVERE, MA

CHRISTOPHER MATTERA'S SENSE OF PLACE IS ROOTED IN A TOWN WITH A LONG AND OFTEN COLORFUL PAST.

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HOUSE HUNTING

IN LEE FOUST'S STORY FINDING THE RIGHT PLACE IS AS MUCH ABOUT DEFINING YOURSELF AS IT IS ABOUT STORING YOUR STUFF.

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MY TEPEE, MY HOME?

RICK DESELM REBUILDS HIS LIFE IN A WAY YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT FROM A HOME BUILDER.​

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DREAMS OF MY MOTHER

THESE SIX POEMS GREW FROM DREAMS LISA DESIRO HAD WHILE HER MOTHER WAS IN HOSPICE. EACH TAKES PLACE IN AND AROUND HER CHILDHOOD HOME.

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I WAS "HOMED" AT SCHOOL

BY WENDY GIFFORD. SOMETIMES WE BUILD A "HOME" ELSEWHERE WHEN THE ONE WE LIVE IN DOES NOT SUFFICE.

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SUMMER SANDALS

SOMETHING YOU CAN LEARN FROM CATHY WEISS'S STORY IS THAT WE ARE ALL, AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, REFUGEES IN A SENSE.

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HOME IMPROVEMENT HELL

KATIE BURT LEARNS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO REMODELING A KITCHEN WITH TWO SMALL CHILDREN - THE STRUGGLE IS​ REAL.

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NEW PICTURES

​THIS SONNET FROM EDITOR TOM GUZZIO SEES A RELATIONSHIP'S ENDING THROUGH FRAMES ON A WALL.

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A DELICIOUS DICHOTOMY

LIFE IN ALL ITS CONFLICTING GLORY FINDS KATIE SIMINGTON (ALMOST) AT HOME IN THE KITCHEN.

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ISSN 2378-5268
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