Rhiannon Thorne’s poem Poem for a Mother appeared here in September 2012. I Took to Howling With YouBy Rhiannon ThorneI was shy at first, timid in my dealings,I laced the trap against my throat,sang sparing, tip-toedaround your poems. The tone, the slow vibratingfrom the shoots of my shouldersto the gleam of polished talons,it purred around inside me. […]
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Backyard Improvements
Jeff Burt’s poem Whisks and Sticks appeared here in September 2012. Backyard ImprovementsBy Jeff Burt Should we have a rain gaugeso that it can tell us when to worry?So that it can tell us when the soil is shiftingand the roots uprootingand the worms are clamoring for air? Should we add a sundialwith an old Roman faceto […]
from “Speaking to You”
This selection is from Jenny Morse’s poem “Speaking to You,” in which the speaker addresses a beloved in order to face the frustrations and challenges the speaker feels and deals with as the beloved dies or as the speaker contemplates the beloved’s death. These sections move through the scenes of identification, guilt, anger, awareness, bargaining, […]
Hero Song
Emily Bertholf earned her BA in English Literature Arts from the University of Iowa in 2005. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in print and online publications such as Litsnack, Postcard Shorts, 6S, and Lyrical Iowa. She lives in Milwaukee with her husband, 3 children, and an 8-year-old pug. Hero SongBy Emily Bertholf This page, fresh canvas invadedby black […]
Housekeeping
Shannon Curtin is a poet from Portsmouth VA. Her poems have appeared at The Camel Saloon and at poetry readings throughout the Hampton Roads area. She is a grateful and enthusiastic student of The Muse Writing Center. HousekeepingBy Shannon Curtin The mundane taskscommanding our attentionafter we’ve dealt withdaily household maintenanceare tea leavesat the bottom of […]
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