KJ Hannah Greenberg’s most recent poem to publish here was “Prioritizing Quintessential Deeds” (September 2017) Or By Inland Lakes By KJ Hannah Greenberg There’s no coin to be had in media circuses or by inland lakes. Reinventing Polemic selves makes for the deconstruction of disposable efforts. Professionals routing against wickedness, pilfered by seagoing clowns, consume […]
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A Hospice Song
Joyce E. Balls-Berry wrote this poem as a reflection of her father’s final day in hospice care. She lives and writes in Minnesota. A Hospice Song By Joyce E. Balls-Berry I sit next to you on a sunny afternoon hoping for more time, your eyes closed, breath labored, slip into perfect peace. One last goodbye, […]
An Offer of Light
J.B. Hogan lives and writes in Fayetteville, Arkansas. An Offer of Light By J.B. Hogan She offers light where none is found. She spreads light where none has been. For she knows the dark, knows it full well, how it drains the light, blocks our sight. She has felt the dark, felt its contradictory burn, […]
Trash Truck
Hiram Larew’s most recent poem to appear here was “Time Zones” (November 2017) Hear Hiram Larew read this poem here: Trash Truck By Hiram Larew The diesel struggles up the hill Before breakfast With two men holding on like ears Both in thick orange coveralls Out the window Both suet feeders spin when the flickers […]
Nina
Maalik Howard’s most recent poem to appear here was “Jay Z Negotiating Tidal Deal, 2017” (November 2017). Nina By Maalik Howard Spasibo, She laughed and grinned with a radiance that dug out my inner child’s smile And told me that I had forever ruined the word thank you for her. When she told me how […]
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