Shirley Jones-Luke’s most recent poem to appear here was “Orphan of Pride and Selfishness” (July 2018). At Night By Shirley Jones-Luke Our father comes home. We hide in the shadows of the house We hide behind our mother’s body as she shields us from father’s hand Our father’s hand, a hammer coming down on our […]
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One Day
Marc Carver’s most recent poem to appear here was “Confused” (August 2018). One Day By Marc Carver I want to build something not anything you can own or have nothing you can eat your dinner off nothing you can wear and say How fancy that is. No I want to build something else something you […]
Awakened
Mahathi lives and writes in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. Awakened By Mahathi Before his wide-open eyes the world melted down like a dream! . . . watched impassive the last molten drops of myth and mirage dribble down into the empty darkness and closed his eyes . . . a thousand bells rang and a […]
Tres Figuras y Letras
Gonzalinho da Costa’s most recent poem to appear here was “Asking Questions” (August 2016). Tres Figuras y Letras By Gonzalinho da Costa Comfort Woman, Roxas Boulevard, Manila Naked, you were raped. Clothed, You are memorialized. Pyeonghwaui Sonyeosang, Japanese Embassy, Seoul You sit, waiting for a nation to acknowledge Their crimes against humanity. Memorial to Comfort […]
Borrowed Seasons
Karen Mooney lives and writes in Craigavon, County Armagh, in Northern Ireland. Borrowed Seasons By Karen Mooney Spring tears up the almanac, refusing to cast off winter clothes, squatting in doorways; she inhospitably blocks the admission of seedtime Ragged, malnourished, begging for sustenance yet obstinate; denying the invitational warmth of extended light on old bones […]
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