Steve Minchin’s most recent poem to appear here was In Highgate (January 2012). ShineBy Steve Minchin Rise wild and dance for father little Star–come seize another sun up with bright music.Here in daddy’s sweet, raised gaze flail with joy,let it move your light arms and legs and playa radiant song to another day. Rise wild, impulsive and […]
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Patch-Patch
Jekwu Anyaebguna’s most recent poem to appear here was The Preparation (May 2012). He is a recent winner of a regional Commonwealth Short Story Prize (published at Granta on June 6, 2012).Patch-PatchBy Jekwu Anyaegbuna She patches up our leaky bucket,a knife hot as anger clenched in her fist.And then my mother grabs her yarns and needles,to patch up the […]
Spirit Drums
James McGurk in his own words: brief bio/born in ’35 Phila PA 77 yrs old/writing for close to 40 yrs/no degrees/hs ed/writing book “The Hobo, the Dragonfly and the Sparrow,” never published, never really tried/on FB/can’t remember the blog/don’t wanna bore you/smashed finger/pls excuse typing. Spirit DrumsBy James McGurk The melting sunDescending in a fiery […]
Of Sea and Sand
Sana Khalesi’s collaboration with Stan Galloway, Nocturne in C, appeared here in April 2012. Of Sea and SandBy Sana Khalesi You see my hesitation–you see me,taking steps back and forth,not only on your nerves,but also on our soil,the sands of this worldthat we are building in letters and letters. I am the sea,the vast-vast seain […]
Autumn’s child
Karen Schindler’s most recent poem to appear here was Starvation Diet, published as part of Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone in December 2010. Autumn’s childBy Karen Schindler Born in freefallno safety net Scrabbling, slipping Sliding onthe crumbling edge Barely balanced The suck of theother sideblack and magnetic Time ticking Sharp secondsslicing joyfrom bone, heart, […]
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