Archive - The Holy C.O.W Newsletter by R.H. Drexel

Sauvignon Blanc

Didier had a way with you, didn’t he? He saw the dancer in you, the angular elbows and knees, light pooling in your deep clavicle from the shimmer of…

Jun 28, 2023 •

April 2023

Grenache: A Poem

we drink tea from small white cups, in an orange grove, at night, in the summer. because why shouldn’t this drink revive us? because why shouldn’t we go…

Apr 11, 2023 •

Zinfandel: A poem

(In celebration of Poetry month, I will be sharing a few of my poems with you this April, dear reader. Thank you for allowing me this indulgence)

Apr 5, 2023 •

Chardonnay: A Poem

And still, even now, there are shivers. Shivers from the precision of you, that arrow in your quiver, bound and delivered to the Mariana Trench, where…

Apr 3, 2023 •

October 2022

Remembering the Woman Who Walked

Late last month, we buried my aunt, Iva Rocha. She would have been ninety this December. My Tia Iva immigrated to the United States from the Old…

Oct 17, 2022 •

September 2022

Behind You, Chef

For Anthony Bourdain

Sep 12, 2022 •

Sitting down with Gabriel Boscana of Maquina Coffee

Sep 1, 2022 •

August 2022

The Times They Are

Aug 12, 2022 •

July 2022

R.H. Drexel: Fiction, Essays, Poetry, Reviews and more.

Jul 8, 2022 •

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