Erren Gerraud Kelly’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Long Goodbye” (August 2017) Marine By Erren Gerraud Kelly I didn’t tell her this Would be my only day in San Francisco I was just here to read Some poems And then back to l.a. I may live there, but san Francisco will always have […]
It's just poetry, it won't bite
there it goes . . .
Maria Arana’s most recent poem to appear here was “A Passing Time” (July 2017) there it goes… By Maria Arana there it goes reunion like bunions giggles that gurgle fingers without scope and finding peace was never this easy eventually it all stops death catches fire and friends join the embers that’s where I’ll be […]
She asked me if I could “sum it up nicely”
John J. McKenna’s most recent poem to appear here was “Shenandoah” (April 2017) She asked me if I could “sum it up nicely” By John J. McKenna She asked me if I “could sum it up nicely?” “Sum it up nicely?—No. I can sum it up quick and truthfully, though,” I replied. I pointed to her […]
Struggling against more turbulence
Simon Perchik’s most recent poem to appear here was “And though the stars came by” (August 2017) By Simon Perchik Struggling against more turbulence this broken concrete can’t shut down and cool—your shadow’s too old leans down and though the wall falls closer and closer it tries to rest your face —a sleeping face still circling […]
When Grace Called
Suchitra Balaji lives and writes in Austin, Texas. When Grace Called By Suchitra Balaji Vagrant vestiges of worry lingered on When the phone rang. The trip was confirmed. So much can happen in one phone call Where stress and sadness were the mainstay for some years, They had been reduced to a nagging itch in […]
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