Charlene James-Duguid’s most recent poem to appear here was “April’s Fool” (April 2017) Must return, Heart sick Poet, to days begun with Words, life’s salvation
It's just poetry, it won't bite
A Poet’s Apology to Words
Max Reif’s most recent poem to appear here was “To My Breakfast: An Ode to the Sense of Taste” (March 2017) A Poet’s Apology to Words By Max Reif Words, you were empty vessels grazing on hillsides, transparent to the sun. I conscripted you and sentenced you to forced marches into no-man’s lands that I called […]
Poet/Tree
Thomas Locicero lives and writes in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Poet/Tree By Thomas Locicero When I was young enough to climb And first enamored with the rhyme, I’d clamber up my willow tree To be alone with poetry, At times atone, at times despair, And other times to disappear. So many opportunities To live whatever words […]
A Writer
Michael Copeland’s most recent poem to appear here was “Her Love” (December 2016) A Writer By Michael Copeland You have the right to be forgotten in the scheme of life’s great plan, with a shadowy sense of misplaced drama. There breathes from the writer’s mind a natural, healthy, elevated spirit that trails to oblivion upon passing. […]
I cannot be a poet.
Amanda Springer lives and writes in Kearny, New Jersey. I cannot be a poet. By Amanda Springer I cannot be a poet. My suffering is incomparable to the subjects of the greats many years before. My love did not expire by an empty vial nor has it left my unrequited love in vain. If my […]
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