James McGurk’s most recent poem to appear here was Ten Minute Morning 3:30 am (October 2012).CancerBy James McGurkIt lingered For how long Days Hours Years Perhaps At first breath At first smell Or when The eyes opened For first light Or Did it follow The umbilical Straight to eyes In their first light And Gather in first […]
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I Am a Woman
Karen Jakubowski’s most recent poem to appear here was Voice Within Raindrops (May 2012). I Am a WomanBy Karen Jakubowski I am dark and tangled rootsclinging vines emerging from sheer cliffswoven between mud and rock.I am way ahead of you anticipatingskidding down an icy highwayready for anything including that slip-up.I am a maze of intricate threadssinuous connectors […]
Rock, Paper, Pencil
Douglas Polk’s most recent poem to appear here was Unearthed (August 2011). Rock, Paper, PencilBy Douglas Polk a rock at my fingertips,possibly a million years old,molded and shaped,by violent processes within the earth,similar to the soul inside my core,possibly a million years old,or birthed into existence when my body first conceived,both probably truth,but will the answers ever […]
#1 by Joshua Burton
Joshua Burton is a 22-year-old college student from Houston TX. He earned his AA at Lone Star College in the spring of 2012 and is currently attending University of Houston majoring in creative writing. Joshua was diagnosed with clinical depression at age 18 and has lived with Asperger syndrome since childhood. He began writing at […]
Survivors
Alan Britt’s most recent poem to appear here was Last Call (October 2012).Survivors(for the residents of Joplin MO and Denning AR)By Alan BrittIt started, Margaret said, as a low growl oozingfrom a bloodhound’s gloomy nose, weavingsoybean, cotton & cornfields, elbowing churches, schools & shopping centersfrom their foundations before the wallsof her clapboard house began to tremble;then shingles flew, […]
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