A Boy in a Forest Without his Mother By Owen Sullivan Here mother was not screaming and here brother was not crying and here phone was not ringing and here sirens were not wailing/ And as he sat/ Undisturbed/ Disinterested, for the moment, in the mundane chores of his existence/ Silence was beside him as […]
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Fork
Sanjeev Sethi’s most recent poem to appear here was “Sparklers” (August 2018). Fork By Sanjeev Sethi Orthodoxies are rested. Unzip the stories you cache in slants live my lines. Upheavals you hold cause tremors in my territory. Imagination is enemy. Rill between us harvests its hesitancy. We track down other aquifers.
A brown wind shatters the calm
Travis Leland’s most recent poem to appear here was “Sunday Evening” (March 2018). A brown wind shatters the calm By Travis Leland A brown wind shatters the calm Dusky flows in currents unknown As sleep surrounds with kisses and Sharp stinging in the cruel cracks Of overworked feet. The pen continues ever on Whistling words […]
Two Kinds of People
Max Reif’s most recent poem to appear here was “Villanelle for Our Time” (October 2018). Two Kinds of People By Max Reif We all get our signals mixed up once in awhile, moving forward on the same part of the sidewalk as someone coming toward us, then stopping before collision and engaging in a little […]
Pigs Flying
Sally Lehman lives and writes in Portland, Oregon. She is the managing editor of River and South Review. Pigs Flying By Sally Lehman I. Sprout It starts as little lumps along a back, a spine, a breast, a throat. For mothers, we’re talking throat. But for wings, we’re talking back. Small lumps. Problem with lumps, […]
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