John J McKenna is a Princeton NJ based writer whose efforts range from poetry to longer nonfiction and academic studies. His inspiration, beyond the ever-increasing visits of myriad muses (some of darker voice and wing than others), flows from Rumi, Emerson, and Whitman through Ginsberg to current torchbearers-flamethrowers like Kim Addonizio. John’s work has most […]
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Go Gently
Kim Klugh’s poem Apricot Harvest appeared here as part of Contributor Series 8: Feast and Famine. Kim uses beautiful imagery in her poetry as this poem demonstrates. Go GentlyBy Kim Klugh She’s weary, worn out, a bit wounded her dreams shriveled at this late hour like yesterday’s newspaper now lining some song bird’s cage she’s but an […]
Left Behind
Ray Sharp’s poem Six Nights was the first place winner in the First-Ever vox poetica Poetry Contest. Sometimes something ridiculous can be redeemed into something divine by way of poetry. I think that’s the case with this poem tonight. Left Behind By Ray Sharp Let tonight be the last night. It will not be the first time […]
Silence
Christopher Roe has been painting for more than 40 years and writing poetry for 3 years. His paintings cover most genres, but he has spent the past 12 years capturing the beauty and wonder of Ireland in his art. After a 44-year career in advertising as an art director/graphic designer he retired from that work […]
Rechov Hanaviim
KJ Hannah Greenberg’s poem Eat Merrily: A Little Girl’s Cacophonous Tastes was published here as part of Contributor Series 8: Feast and Famine. In other exciting news, her new collection of poems, A Bank Robber’s Bad Luck With His Ex-Girlfriend will be published in December 2011 via unbound CONTENT. In this poem: Rechov Hanaviim is the Street of the Prophets in […]
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