Dawnell Harrison returns with a visual poem. Indigo blue night By Dawnell Harrison The sky blackened with crows As the night dissolved bit by bit In an indigo blue light. My breath lay vaulted in the spring Air as the street lights lit up blocks Inch by inch, corner by corner.
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Heard for the First Time
Sy Roth writes about hearing what matters. Heard for the First Time By Sy Roth the others said I needed the hearing aids. laughed when I chuckled at the wrong laugh lines. this morning, I took them out, listened instead to the emptiness of the vacant streets as the bicycle took me round them. brain […]
Ever After
Antoinette McCormick’s short stories and poems have appeared in Mad Scientist Journal, Vermont Literary Review, and Camel Saloon. She is currently pursuing her MFA in creative writing at National University. Ever After (a Paradelle) By Antoinette McCormick I remember the perfect symmetry of your foul poison. I remember the perfect symmetry of your foul poison. […]
Towards a Poetics of Excess
Scott Owens is right. Towards a Poetics of Excess By Scott Owens What we need are more words, longer lines, stanzas that pile on without pity or mercy, poems that shrink from nothing, poems that refuse consideration of politics, correctness, or caution, poems ripe with intention and ready to burst. Who wants to read anything […]
Washed Out
James McGurk gives us something that feels seasonal, though it’s really not. Washed Out By James McGurk Time goes fast ……………In a launder mat ……………Walk in and ……………………………..Sort out your lifestyles Watch the suds …………………………Bubble away old days Then wait ……………And watch The machines Dry out …………………….Used smiles Memories in ……………A launder mat ……………………………..Never last
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