Marc Carver’s most recent poem to appear here was “Four Men in the Pub” (August 2016) Heaven on Earth By Marc Carver I end up in the park Look at the birds and flowers and women I sit on Terry Thomas’ bench He was loved by all and now he is a bench. Everything in the […]
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That Little Girl
Jeanette Cheezum’s most recent poem to appear here was “Memories” (August 2016) That Little Girl By Jeanette Cheezum With strands of blond hair, big green eyes and pudgy cheeks; a two year old was left to live in Grandma’s kitchen. She bathed in the big sideboard porcelain sink and slept on a roll-a-way bed in the […]
Blues Like Sunday Morning
Erren Gerraud Kelly’s most recent poem to appear here was “Aurora Borealis” (October 2015) Blues Like Sunday Morning By Erren Gerraud Kelly god loves the blues so he won’t care if i miss church to listen to the devil’s music though if i played b.b. king or john lee hooker around my mama she’d chastize me […]
Youth
Maria Arana’s most recent poem to appear here was “Go and Come” (August 2016) Youth By Maria Arana Youth What is that? a slurred promise of eternal bliss a landscape of hope everlasting vanity a timeless void frolicking joys a bitter reality shaken by novel demons Ah! Youth to be you Is to end life And […]
My Mother’s Room
My Mother’s Room By Jaclyn Burr I remember waking up at night, crawling out of my crib, and ambling down the hallway to my mother’s room. She’d welcome me with warmth, discounting her own fatigue with soothing whispers of unconditional understanding. Sometimes, I still cry at night. I lay, staring into blackness. Lukewarm tears plunge […]
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