Tyra Harris is from Mobile AL. She is a 29-year-old married mother of 3. She works full time in the field of optometry. Tyra has been writing poetry and short stories since she was in elementary school. She loves traveling, spending time with her family, and writing. You can find her on Facebook. Determination By […]
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Dancing Dust on Rising Grave
Jeffrey Smyers’ most recent poem to appear here was Consideration (May 2013). Dancing Dust on Rising Grave By Jeffrey Smyers Ten thousand stories, one thousand deadstones, and one wanderer pulsingbreaches into the forgotten realma disconnected lullaby lost on posterityechoing across time in mocking bird’s lament.Dispossessed, wild wanderer:Wake.Tremble.Gasp.
decisions on where
Mimsy Farquhar’s poem This poem is not about you appeared here in March 2013. decisions on where By Mimsy Farquhar the crows filled my yard last nightjust before the sun was sinkingbelow the horizon’s furthest edgethe unintelligible cacophonyof a thousand beaks cawing–none appearing to listen to the otheruntil one lifted offwheeling over the space and awaythe rest […]
Speak One Promise
Mariah Boone’s most recent poem to appear here was Uprooted (September 2012). Have you noticed we are knee-deep in National Poetry Month? Speak One Promise By Mariah Boone Almost-pink striations of the pinto beanAre blue-speckled eggs the size of fingernailsAre silvering purple cartography on swelling bellies
Walking Toward Emmaus
Stan Galloway’s most recent poem to appear here was The Piano Promise (February 2013). His first full-length poetry collection, Just Married, has recently been released by unbound CONTENT. Check it out here. Walking Toward Emmaus(in memory of Denise Levertov, 1923-1997)By Stan GallowayWe know the road. Dusty callused feet move by habitalong its hardpacked crust,regularly into Jerusualemand backand back again,a road […]
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