Arboretum Nights By Andrea Varga From the depths of my womanliness came the indecision that confused bodiness with sweet words and want-nows with maybe-next-times. Erupted like a dying star my desire to please, my eagerness to become him. We laid in the snow caressed by dying trees. Just a quilt kept the distance between us […]
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Sitting With My Father
Nancy Scott McBride’s most recent poem to appear here was “Bedtime” (February 2018). Sitting With My Father By Nancy Scott McBride He’s in the current, going out, floating down the Big Muddy river on his way to the sea. The tides, that pulled him back and back again to life have lost their hold. He […]
Holy Candle Blues
Michael D. Amitin lives and writes in Paris, France. Holy Candle Blues By Michael D. Amitin In the red-sweet sunset angel brother bent his blown glass ear over the wall of eternity listening in on my restless rathouse jam. She entered peeling story-caked walls riding lightning rod broom swept me out to half-dippermoon bridge we […]
The Rest of the World
Thomas Locicero’s most recent poem to appear here was “That Morning” (February 2018). The Rest of the World By Thomas Locicero The acorn tells the story of the oak. The oak would only speak about the rain. But lately, it has stretched and as it spoke, it spoke about its strange inaugural pain. Beyond the […]
Albatross Hung There
Charlene James-Duguid’s most recent poem to appear here was “Confession” (February 2018). Albatross hung there Bed post yawns from weight too bold No flight or exit All evil caught up Trussed like Japanese horror Relentless wounding Sin curls through strata Asking nothing but a space To stop and decay
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