Linda M Crate’s poem our moment appeared here in May 2013. dying sparrowBy Linda M Crate you are feathers, copious amounts of them–falling down your hair, your mouth, your breast–they dance in the wind like hymnals opening theirbooks to the zephyr speaking a language no onecan understand except for books and wind, andhope which spreads itself among […]
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Gravity
Glenn Johnson’s poem Asleep appeared here in May 2013. GravityBy Glenn Johnson Falling in love …Is it a fall?Or just stumbling, tripping over romantic myth and illusion … Then recklessly, mindlessly careening into each other’s arms. The seduction of entwined bodies and hearts.Enthralled … The heaviness of breathing … gasping for air.A little death? … A rebirth?Do our […]
Old Age
Bobbie Troy’s most recent poem to appear here was Corporations (May 2013). Old AgeBy Bobbie Troy old agedescends upon uslike a rock bandout of tune we fumblethrough the discordto find frailtieswaiting to assault uson the other side and as we gowe mutter strandsof incomprehensible discoursethat are occasionally spottedwith pearls of wisdom we look backmore than we look […]
The Butterfly
Jay Douglas writes poetry. The ButterflyBy Jay Douglas An exotic butterfly of richest hueFloated down and settled on my outstretched hand.She lingered for a few breathless heartbeats fanning her precious wingsAnd lifted me so very high. Then she fluttered lightly away. Was there ever a moment so completely beautiful but senselessly brief? I remember it […]
The Road to Cemetery Road
AJ Huffman’s most recent post to appear here was The Beauties of the Named Land (May 2013). The Road to Cemetery RoadBy AJ Huffman starts with a tube full of embalmingfluid, ends with a fistful of dirt fallingover coffin, satin-lined. I wastrip-ticked somewhere in between by threeghosts waiting for me at the foot of a bedI don’t […]
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