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Robert and Walt in the Dark

05.15.15 Posted in today's words by

John Berry’s most recent poem to appear here was Broken Images (April 2015). Robert and Walt in the Dark By John Berry Darkness steals over, sudden blinded flash of night at bedside. Frost and Whitman disappear become fodder for the faithful who trust in things unseen. Head scooching, nests into pillow as best it can […]


An A+ Sunrise

05.14.15 Posted in today's words by

Harris Tobias’ most recent poem to appear here was On Stage (April 2015). An A+ Sunrise By Harris Tobias Let’s see you translate that, poets. Even in my native tongue A sunrise is difficult to describe. Oh sure, there are the colors, The clouds, the light, The garish lack of taste. The haphazard design mocks […]


Dreamwaves

05.13.15 Posted in today's words by

Cassie Premo Steele’s most recent poem to appear here was The Sign (April 2015). Dreamwaves By Cassie Premo Steele The ocean is a belly where sleep enters again and again, a clean blanket after losing the slipper and no prince comes for happily ever after and no lawyer, either, at the end. You pick the […]


The Tracking

05.12.15 Posted in today's words by

Rae Spencer’s most recent poem to appear here was The Calculus of Parting Lovers (April 2015). The Tracking By Rae Spencer Her cloak hung red and close Dyed madder rose, alum sealed fiber Of root and blood, a resinous soak Before the drape and fold Before the dread and dawn Before the wolf came loping […]


The Fabric of Dreams

05.11.15 Posted in today's words by

Laura Zucca-Scott’s most recent poem to appear here was At Sunset (April 2015). The Fabric of Dreams By Laura Zucca-Scott If “no man is an island” Why are we always alone? What solace can we find Crushed by indifference Wounded by silence? What is left Of the fabric of dreams? I see you flying Crimson […]


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