Tag: Alyson Gold Weinberg

KWONG MING by Alyson Gold Weinberg

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KWONG MING

My brother came to take our father’s car.
Shaky with Parkinson’s and 80, Dad had

rear-ended a Honda while texting. No one
was injured but there was some light denting.

Brandywine Senior Living has a waterlily
koi pond. It was their 60th wedding

anniversary. Cane tucked under one arm
dad sprinted around the lobby. Mom

trailed pokily. We ordered Chinese, a Proustian
return to our favorite take-out place in Wantagh.

Chowed down on shrimp toast and egg foo young,
spareribs and lemon chicken. Dad siphoned hot

and sour soup straight from the container. “Aly,
remember when you burned your hand on the

Pu Pu Platter?” Actually, it was nice,

this anniversary dinner, the first in
years the four of us ate together.

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The author of Bellow & Hiss, A New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition finalist (Finishing Line Press), Alyson Gold Weinberg’s work appears in literary magazines and anthologies, including Quarter After Eight, December, ONE ART, Halfway Down the Stairs, Silver Birch Press, and Yellow Arrow, among others. Her prose poem “Gwen’s Luncheonette” was runner-up for the 2023 Robert J. De Mott Contest, and her poem “War/Torn Sonnet” was a finalist for the 2024 Midway Journal -1000 Below Flash Contest. When not writing, Alyson loves binge-watching Ru Paul’s Drag Race with her family.

BRAND LOYALTY by Alyson Gold Weinberg

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BRAND LOYALTY

I made a Pledge to Cheer with Joy whenever my little
Dove(s) are near. To caress their Downy heads. To keep
Tab(s) on them—and spend many a Summer’s Eve
When the Nerds are asleep—L’eggs open, welcoming the Soft

Scrub of your beard on my Crest. You’re Charmin. You’re Fantastik.
Head and Shoulders above the rest, but these days I don’t
Comet in a Jiff—a bit of my libido has gone down the Drano.
Fancy a foursome with Mr. Clean and Mrs. Butterworth—?

We can get Miracle Whip(ped) until Dawn when they gotta Bounce.

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Alyson Gold Weinberg is the author of Bellow & Hiss, A New Women’s Voices finalist, forthcoming in September, 2023 (Finishing Line Press). Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in december, Halfway Down the Stairs, Poetica, among others. She was a 2021 Jeff Marks Memorial Prize finalist (judged by Carl Phillips) and a 2022 Harbor Review Jewish Women’s Poetry Prize Finalist. When not writing poetry, Alyson is a speechwriter and the ghostwriter of five non-fiction books.