Sharon Poch’s most recent poem to appear here was The Chocolate Waltz, published as part of Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags in January 2012. Dark Ages By Sharon Poch Dead things pattern my world,three-dimensional tattoos carved bone-deep,intersecting designs inked the colorof sparrows found frozenin winter’s furrowed fields Crusty leaves, brittle veins squeezed dry,molder in coffined layers,their […]

Jean McLeod’s most recent poem to appear here was Zealots (January 2013). Eros By Jean McLeod I weary of his soft, strange waysthe considerate lack of fireand joyless integrity.Return, my love,with verve and strength;to sing songs and tell me lies.

Stan Galloway’s most recent poem to appear here was FWB (November 2012). The Piano Promise By Stan Galloway The piano in the hotel meeting roomcaught your whim andyou veered to iton our way out to the beach. You sat and tappeda halting Chopsticksthen invited me to join. I said I’d never learned,and so we started out again,while […]

Colin Dodds’ poem Los Angeles During the Fires appeared here in January 2013. Love Poem From SFO By Colin Dodds I’m not the first manto follow a red convertibleinto debt,or the first to flyout of San Franciscowith soy sauce on his shirt. But I’m the onedoing it right now. Beyond the too-appraisablescenarios of lifeis the immediate, ultimately […]