Elizabeth Akin Stelling’s more recent poem to apear was #18 (May 2013). #31By Elizabeth Akin Stelling A heat wave in 1971 had me on the kitchen floor under the air vent and leaning against the cool oven door. My tummy tugged at me for food, and there was nothing else to do. The pantry was bare but […]
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Fugue
Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was The Key (June 2013). FugueBy Christopher Roe The palpable silence of the room, the brittle stillness of the airefficiency humming all around us. The frail figure on the bedonce so vibrant, once so familiar–a stranger now.Whatever we had, had been had and would never exist again.In the hallway, […]
Discerning Vision
Bill Webb’s most recent poem to appear here was untitled (May 2013). Discerning VisionBy Bill Webb I saw her yesterdayas she sauntered byshining in the reflectedadmiration of others.After, I caught my breath,composed myself. I knewif you would ask I could sayyou are much to be preferred.
A Dreamy Tale
Jubilee Garcia’s most recent poem to appear here was Lament (March 2013). A Dreamy TaleBy Jubilee Garcia Do you dream?A fiddler’s string?A lover’s eye gleam?As mockingbirds sing? Do you hope?A flying boat?A magic cloak?A carpet afloat? Do you pray?For summer to stay?For a shady bay?For sweet golden hay? Do you read?A magic bean seed?As bleeding hearts bleed?A […]
Summer Redundancy With Added Pleonasm
Gregory Gunn’s most recent poem to appear here was Provocation Inquisition (May 2013). Summer Redundancy With Added PleonasmBy Gregory Gunn Rooting my eyes tothe knotted spot upon a treelike a revolutionarymilitant among the trimmed- down budding branchesof spring, I pinned earsback for sea-ship’s timbreas well as caroler songand endured the bothersomegnaws of gnats on their lastlegs in […]
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