Marc Carver’s most recent poem to appear here was “Messiah” (July 2017) Cracker By Marc Carver Today is the only thing that matters. Tomorrow may never come I can’t work out what kinda man I want to be today. Soon I will crack open a few beers and then I will find out.
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If Children Are the Future
Wendy Freborg’s most recent poem to appear here was “Conversations Among Friends” (June 2017) If Children are the Future By Wendy Freborg If children are the future, my future has begun to walk. She toddles with a wide-based gait, a rocking stance, hands stretched at her sides. The joy of mastery is in every step. No […]
ER
Austin Brookner lives and writes in Austin, Texas. ER By Austin Brookner Those horrible white lights And that incessant sound—whatever in the hell it was Metronomically stabbing If not for my haze and dampened faculties It would be unbearable “Why am I not dead?” Followed by “I have to get out of here” The black […]
The Necessity of Rage
Susie Sweetland Garay’s most recent poem to appear here was “Lantern Light” (July 2017) The Necessity of Rage By Susie Sweetland Garay I am tiered of building walls to protect my tender heart. Instead I want to get angry. To allow my fury for all that is wrong with this world. They tell me to calm […]
Safety
Frank Adams’ most recent poem to appear here was “RSVP” (March 2017) Safety By Frank Adams All are naked, none is safe. —Marianne Moore, What Are Years There are no safe places. Safety is an illusion. No places to hide where we cannot be found. Our souls stripped bare. We are watched, monitored, overheard. Secrets are told. […]
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