Our son was killed in action six months ago in Afghanistan on his third tour of duty. Mildred and I eat and sleep and dream in our small house by the old Sanford gristmill, keeping memories away like ice from a sensitive tooth. I stand by my writing desk near the bay...
Parker’s work has appeared in The Common and The Coachella Review. He was the co-author of When We Were Soldiers, an exhibit at ArtFusion 19464 of the personal narratives of fifteen Vietnam veterans from southeastern Pennsylvania. He is a psychotherapist in southern Maine. Earlier in his career he counseled individuals and ran groups for veterans struggling with post traumatic stress disorder. He earned his MFA from Bennington College and is at work on a novel.