Max Reif’s most recent poem to appear here was “Gratitude to the Trees” (October 2010) Back Then By Max Reif It was as if the world was a beach, a pleasant one, and we, my parents, brother and I, were spending a leisurely while under our umbrella, a prolonged picnic, if you will, and somehow […]
It's just poetry, it won't bite
It’s Just Poetry. It Won’t Bite.
Nancy Scott McBride’s most recent poem to appear here was “To A Daughter Unknown” (July 2016) It’s Just Poetry. It Won’t Bite. By Nancy Scott McBride When I was twelve, Mother read “Thanatopsis” to me, and I had to pinch my arm to stay awake. A couple of years later, I heard Daddy recite “Elegy […]
The Gathering
The Gathering By Devon Balwit back when the tomatoes were still whole and the corn unshucked, we had not yet fought. the wine shouldered its cork, the peaches hid rough pits, and we our secrets. but skin peeled back on fibrous hearts. we took our tines and plunged them in. at the end there were […]
Screens
Hadley Hury’s most recent poem to appear here was “Old Friends” (July 2016) Screens By Hadley Hury When the last light has seeped from the screened porch and the trees begin to silhouette themselves against the slice of peach that is the moon we too assume a somewhat transformed mien as now and then for moments […]
Buzzer Beater (10)
Michael Ceraolo’s most recent poem to appear here was “untitled” (July 2012) Buzzer Beater (10) By Michael Ceraolo the jumper that swished for the win […]
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