Contributor Series 11: On BirthdaysSuperman’s BirthdayBy Kenneth Karrer I suspended youFrom the floorBy your ankles with just One hand. You insisted, mom would understand. And as I cut the lightThere on your ceiling fan,You said, “I love you dad.” And that,CreatedSuperman. Kenneth Karrer’s most recent poem to appear here was Guitar Poem, published as part of Contributor Series […]
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Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, Reflections on a pretty lady’s garden
Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, was inspired by a quiet observation of the third anniversary of the launch of vox poetica. It also coincided with another birthday of sorts: the appointment of Patrick Stevens as our Series Editor. The contributors did not make it easy on Patrick; it was a baptism by fire as he […]
Soulscape
Karen Jakubowski’s most recent poem to appear here was Muse’s Ode (May 2012).SoulscapeBy Karen Jakubowski We begin as pebble or clay.Simple and pure, Crushed and finely ground.Mixed, extruded and bakedMolded brick or pliable mortar.Stockpiled provisions,Designers prepared. Transgressions endured.Indiscretions committed.Gradually tainted,Contaminated.Quickly trained masonsErect wallsTo contain and prohibit. We build elaborate skyscrapers,Temples or mud-crusted hovels.Doorless roomsBlock introspection.Blacked out windowsDefend against […]
This Morning
BZ Niditch, poet and playwright, publishes internationally, in Poem, Poet Lore, International Poetry Review, Pacific Review, North Atlantic Review, and Prism International. His latest collection is Lorca at Sevilla (March Street Press, Greensboro NC).This MorningBy BZ Niditch This morningwas curious. You forgotto close the past or embracethe beginning of our futureso close to us that a breath of north wind had […]
Cowgirl in the rain
Nicole Yurcaba’s most recent poem to appear here was Parallax (May 2012). Cowgirl in the rainBy Nicole Yurcaba She standssoaked by steady September showers.Head half-bent,rain brim-drippingfrom her high-crowned Justin hat,onto blue denim Wrangler jacket …
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