James McElroy’s most recent poem to appear here was “Advent” (January 2017). Last Train By James McElroy In the middle of nowhere A train crashes and its casualties Are hurriedly removed From each of the cabins And littered across a wide Swathe of pitch-perfect snow. One passenger Who survived the impact Runs over to a […]
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Season Here on Earth, in America Particularly
Lucinda Watson’s book of nonfiction, How They Achieved, was published in 2001 by Wiley Publishing. She has work published or forthcoming in The Cape Rock, Evening Street Review, Healing Muse, Inkwell, Jelly Bucket, Lindenwood Review, Louisville Review, Pennsylvania English, Penmen Review, Poet Lore, The Round, SLAB, and Stickman Review. She attended the Community of Writers at Squaw […]
A Lesbian’s Reply
Animesh Das lives and writes in Purulia, West Bengal, India. A Lesbian’s Reply By Animesh Das Just because I love my own kind, You have tagged me ‘immoral’. One who doesn’t even have the right to live. Yes I am immoral. If it is wrong to love someone truly, Then yes I am immoral. But […]
Villanelle for our Time
Max Reif’s most recent poem to appear here was “You Can’t Force the Life-Force to Pose for a Photo” (August 2018). Villanelle for our Time By Max Reif We’ve come too far to turn around. Liberty flows in our blood. No autocrat can beat us down. Far from a brutish world we’ve grown. The memory […]
Layers of real life
Charlene James-Duguid’s most recent poem to appear here was “A Tale from the Old West” (Septemer 2018). Layers of real life Intrude on false happiness. Euphoria gone. Life ends with whimper. Death panels like dry leaves fly. Fog preempts all light. Salvage a laugh or Two, perhaps three or four, more, Like a clover’s bloom. […]
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