Judith Cody’s poetry is published in more than 135 journals and has won many national awards, including second prize in the national Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition. Her poetry chapbook was a finalist in Bright Hills Press’s national competition. She has won Atlantic Monthly and Amelia awards; her poems were quarterfinalists in the Pablo Neruda Prize in […]
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Smiling in the Undertow
Thomas Locicero’s most recent poem to appear here was “Mysterious Child” (August 2018). Smiling in the Undertow By Thomas Locicero The gulls are curious about the man who smiles in the undertow. His hobbies and interests, his thoughts and activities were once many, but then his time was spent in an uncharacteristic focus on an […]
I Wrote My To-Do List Next to My Suicide Note
Josh Dale’s most recent poem to appear here was “Parallel to the Storm” (April 2018). I Wrote My To-Do List Next to My Suicide Note By Josh Dale I’m clinically depressed. I know it. No other human needs to tell me the truth. I’m waning too quickly for the tide to say: ‘I’m Sorry For […]
Counting Time
Ann Christine Tabaka’s most recent poem to appear here was “One More Ride” (July 2018). Counting Time By Ann Christine Tabaka Time counted on fingers no more, the ancient one has come home to roost. Amidst dying embers and fading light, candles flicker in the window still. It is not the way of man to […]
The Evolution of the Law
Gary Beck’s most recent poem to appear here was “Vistas of History” (August 2018). The Evolution of the Law By Gary Beck In ancient Athens citizens went to the lawcourts to settle endless disputes that in a democracy couldn’t be resolved arbitrarily. In modern America citizens hire lawyers to settle endless disputes that always profit […]
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