Marcus Closen’s poem Yellowed Jar appeared here January 2012. The Kingdom in Waiting By Marcus Closen A woman at the market in Left Ventricle said“the new conqueror is upon us!”and the word spread quickly that a new conqueror had comeperhaps to reunify the Left and Right lands of Ventricle. A boy in the streets of Atria heard.He […]
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Where It Comes From
Holly Day’s most recent poem to appear here was The Poets (February 2013).Where It Comes FromBy Holly Day I watch my cat try to play my guitarand it’s easy to see the cognitive leapaustralopithecines made in crafting harpsout of sinew-strung turtle shellstuned to chance I watch my daughter crawling along the floorto bat at the door stop […]
Noughts and Crosses
Marc Carver’s most recent poem to appear here was The Poem (November 2012). Noughts and Crosses By Marc Carver I look down on the street.There are two white Xs.Runaways from the circusof an abandoned noughtsand crosses game.They fill no real spacesof purpose now.Justan unfit loneliness,of being withouttheir nemesis and foes. They stay in a randomexact distance from […]
Lament
Jubilee Garcia’s poem A Fragment of Fear appeared here in January 2013. Have I mentioned that she is 11 years old? Lament By Jubilee Garcia Look at my cat. It’s rather flat.Of course, it’s on the mat.It got flattened just like that.It’ll be hard to get it off. Look at my poor bag.It’s got glue on its […]
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Scott Owens’ most recent poem to appear here was Keeping Pace (December 2012). untitled By Scott Owens there are no answersonly the doing, onlythe yet to be done
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