Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Bits and Pieces (April 2013). Stormy Infinity By Christopher Roe Between the bright white lightof the explosionand the utter dark silenceof the graveis the gray spreading echothat is life.And God, they say, is all.He is the diseaseas he is the cure.He is the love and hate,war and peace,life […]
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Half a Century
Stan Galloway’s most recent poem to appear here was Walking Toward Emmaus (April 2013). Have you read his first full-length poetry collection Just Married yet? Find out more here. Half a Century By Stan Galloway I’ve given half a centuryto my faithand look now on the squalor,splintered dreams,rejection that it’s brought. I haven’t got another half a century leftto […]
Blood and Guts
We interrupt scheduled posts to allow the editor to close out National Poetry Month with her own final attempt at 30. Did she reach the goal? No! But, there were some good things gleaned along the way and some fine starts for a few poems that might actually find their way into the world someday. […]
Pink Elephant
Laura Behr’s poem Southern Gothic Landscapes appeared here in March 2013. Pink ElephantBy Laura Behr Witness it almost shrink from vision. Albinos exist in nature, however uncommonagainst the art of miracles. April 26, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, tornado stalks into the wild.Bricks and mortar strewn for miles, debris piles, and an elephant standing upright,unscathed on a grassy lawn. Reality […]
Write what you know
Juliana Norwood’s most recent poem to appear here was Progression-Free Survival (February 2013). Write what you know By Juliana Norwood a literal pebble in the eyeand all I can see is blurwhich makes sensewhen I rereadwhat I justwrote
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