A love poem by John Lavan? Well surely all John’s poems are love poems. You’ve read them (A Birth; Handicapped Son; Table Mountain, Cape Town), and you’ve read his blog, so what do you think? Bright Star By John Lavan Love’s not bright and constant but only cheese on toast; a little glance, returning […]
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Law of Attraction
Gary C Beck is a New York writer whose poem Tempt Me Not appeared at vox poetica in 2009. A man of many trades, Gary also writes on many topics. Today’s poem deals with the flip side of a flip old chestnut. How often do we play a story out to its conclusion before embarking […]
The Only Way Signing Could Kill Us
Linger over this gem of a poem by John Lee Clark. John lives and writes in St. Paul MN and you will surely remember the poems of his that you have read here (Winter Baseball, For My Growing Twin Sons). John tackles some complex themes in his poetry. Here he considers the limits and values […]
Wasting Words Before I Go to Sleep
Chris G Vaillancourt’s poetry has been read here before (Black Funeral Pyre, Unheard, Walking Beyond Her Reach) and his book, I Walk Naked into a Cloud, has recently been released. Chris writes poetry that readers can relate to. Today’s offering continues the theme. Wasting Words Before I Go to Sleep By Chris G Vaillancourt […]
Murder in My Heart
Clive Martyn writes and lives in the UK with his wife and three children. He is a writer of dark fiction, particularly fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, as well as fiction. He is editing an anthology of flash stories, Elements of Horror, set to be published this year, and his second novel is being reviewed by […]
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