Rojane Jasper’s most recent poem to appear here was “I Remember . . . ” (May 2018). A Wooded Pathway By Rojane Jasper Walking along a wooded pathway I come across a wintery thicket, An undergrowth of leafless stems, There a flurry of robins Flitter through the branches And so, To carry to me Their […]
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Where the Acorn Fell
Rajani Radhakrishnan is a poet from Bangalore, India, whose poems also have appeared in the Ekphrastic Review, The Lake, Quiet Letter, and The Calamus Journal. Where the Acorn Fell By Rajani Radhakrishnan I wondered if she had wild eyes and stole silk sarees from the old dhobi ghat, showing up demure and alluring at the upper […]
The Casualty
Peyton Davis is publishing here for the first time. The Casualty By Peyton Davis They were fighting again. The house seemed to stand on edge—perched on a precipice, its stillness the only thing that kept it from hurtling into oblivion. The walls seemed to rumble echoing the shouts between a lying man and a woman […]
You can’t stop, talk
Simon Perchik’s most recent poem to appear here was “You show up late as usual” (May 2018). You can’t stop, talk and far from your mouth wait for the grass as the same sound between your fingers lowering for lips —you talk the way rope takes so long to die —over and over and over […]
Aging
Susan Davis Gabbay’s most recent poem to appear here was “Poet, Why Do You Weep?” (May 2018). Aging By Susan Davis Gabbay Age gives and takes; as I grow older My stamina is less so too my strength, my memory. Yet with age I have been given knowledge, empathy, understanding. I value the exchange Until […]
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