Boghos Artinian’s most recent poem to appear here was Cherish or Perish (March 2013). Pacing in the tomb By Boghos L Artinian He lay helpless and terminally ill–His cells gone berserk for the final kill.The intern entered softly whistling,Snatched a stethoscope and started listening.He told the family face to face,“His pacemaker is out of pace.”Barely missing the […]
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Bits and Pieces
Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Winterscape (March 2013). Bits and PiecesBy Christopher Roe Looking down on the Paris streetfrom a hotel window streaked with rainseeing the beauty that moved Monet.The gray buildings and wet avenuesthe dark form of people slouchingbeneath beetle shaped umbrellasdodging buses and taxistheir reflections staining the pavement.It is an impression […]
Reflection
Dawnell Harrison’s most recent poem to appear here was Cloud (March 2013). Reflection By Dawnell Harrison The reflection of garnetsDarkens in the sullen night Of your eyes.Once they were little crushed Diamonds of light.Your body is a stream That leaves me holdingEmptiness. Your eyes are wintersGlazed in ice. The world whitensUnder the ashesOf your memories.
The Kindness of Strangers
Scott Owens’ most recent poem to appear here was untitled (March 2013). The Kindness of Strangers By Scott Owens Today a stranger paid for my coffeewithout even leaving her name.Today I helped a poet I’ve onlymet once get his first book published.Such kindness can’t be said to be common,but it happens just often enoughto keep us from […]
Courtly Love
Nathaniel S Rounds’ most recent poem to appear here was Vodka (March 2013). Courtly Love By Nathaniel S Rounds Chivalry isn’t deadIt’s just in remissionLike a cockroach sleepingThere beneath the stoveIn Hell’s KitchenAnd I will gladly open the door for youWhile you speed throughEyes closed to my empty gestureI will carry your books homeEven though nobody reads […]
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