Molly Frederick’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Simplest Thing” (August 2018). Midst of Being By Molly Frederick I went out looking for clouds—transfixed by lightness in the sky on a summer day— and was captured by a tree. River Birch, the only tree I’ve ever seen that always seems to be changing clothes. Rolls and […]
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Taking Notice
Howard F. Stein’s most recent poem to appear here was “Unanswered Questions” (September 2018). Taking Notice By Howard F. Stein I sat on my porch in a fierce summer storm, beneath the shelter of wide eaves. Vertical bullets of rain, razor lightning bolts, explosive thunder, all so familiar—every storm I had known over a lifetime […]
What Sort of Time Is This
Sushant Supriye’s most recent poem to appear here was “Kalyug” (August 2018). What Sort of Time Is This By Sushant Supriye What sort of time is this when someone is sowing the field whereas the crop is claimed by someone else, when someone is carrying the heavy load of bricks whereas someone else is claiming […]
Gray-Haired Children
Patricia Asuncion’s most recent poem to appear here was “Extant” (August 2018). Gray-Haired Children By Patricia Asuncion Wide-eyed, brutal interruption, no chance for measured protection. Bullets stop saplings dead before season. Every day, 46 children shot grow old on branches without voice, forgotten by next breaking news. Juvenile blooms— every day 7, every year 1300, […]
Almost
Babatunde Fagbayibo’s most recent poem to appear here was “Shoemaker” (June 2018). Almost By Babatunde Fagbayibo I come before you again: me, the Almost Man. I have bathed in the mystic stream called Tomorrow. I have ate from the deep bowl called Yesterday. I have drank, very little, from the warm spring called the Future. […]
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