Scott Owens on perfection. Reclamation By Scott Owens Having seen the transformation of one rundown furniture plant into expensive restaurant, brewery, boutique shops for clothes and frozen yogurt, and noticing the ongoing cleaning out of another, and knowing it had already happened with my life, education and divorce and writing redeeming what had once been […]
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Clowns
John Kaniecki’s most recent poem to appear here was Various Words (August 2013). Clowns By John Kaniecki Wall Street at morning, Manhattan downtown I start laughing as I pass clown after clown No painted face or flashing red nose A clown he needs none of those Mockingly funny, gloomy despair God bless the one who […]
Antigone
Danielle LaRose lives in Latham NY. She recently graduated from SUNY Albany with a BA in English and works as a bookseller at her local Barnes & Noble. Her poetry and short stories have contributed to successful completion of the 2009 NaNoWriMo contest. She strives to apply the “critique-al” perspective she gained from her studies […]
Ludwig & Vincent
Afzal Moolla’s poem Remember Us appeared here in May 2012. Ludwig & Vincent By Afzal Moolla What inspired you to write your 9th?” Vincent asks Ludwig. “Madness, dear Vincent. Distilled, concentrated madness.” “Wasn’t it madness that drove you to sketch starry nights above a sea of irises?” Ludwig asks Vincent. “Madness, Ludwig. Madness of the […]
Escape
Abbie Johnson Taylor’s most recent poem to appear here was Bill’s Hands (February 2013). Escape By Abbie Johnson Taylor I used to dream of flying up, up, up, away to a land where problems didn’t exist where all lived in peace and harmony. Hands raised skyward, I jumped, flapped legs and arms, propelled myself higher, […]
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