Christine Taylor’s most recent poem to appear here was “An Ordinary Life” (July 2018). Thanksgiving By Christine Taylor I watch my mother take a Granny Smith apple, peel its skin in one intact corkscrew. Her stout fingers knead the dough, mold the crust in a pan lightly greased with Crisco. Soon the house smells like […]
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Civil Service
Gary Duehr’s most recent poem to appear here was “Soliloquy” (July 2018). Civil Service By Gary Duehr This is the winter of dissing content, Of people trying to figure out what everything’s meant. In Boston, the streets are slush. A couple feet so far, another on its way tonight. Too much? Fences lean, a tree […]
Implications
Mary Ann Dimand’s most recent poem to appear here was “Beneath Contempt” (September 2018). Implications By Mary Ann Dimand We are all implicated in mortality. Our own, each other’s. We are fragile as a sigh, sturdy as a smile, powerful in making and unmaking.
Out
Thomas Locicero’s most recent poem to appear here was “Smiling in the Undertow” (September 2018). Out By Thomas Locicero Do you see the arch of the odd blue moon Circled by orange just hours before noon, Jutting through clouds spreading out in a bloom While you die in a bed in a love-filled room? Do […]
Autumn
Brian Eichenlaub’s most recent poem to appear here was “Déjà vu” (February 2018). Autumn By Brian Eichenlaub I wake, my eyes heavy from a long slumber My hair, grey from the first frost of the season I watch the Sun as it crawls low on the horizon It’s pale light struggles to cast long shadows […]
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