Cary Lynne’s most recent poem to appear here was “Elliot” (July 2017) Who By Cary Lynne shall say I don’t belong since nowhere is the heart more crowded than in the lonely
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Changed Climate
Patricia Asuncion’s most recent poem to appear here was “Heart Unwrinkled” (June 2017) Changed Climate By Patricia Asuncion Chronic sickness pecks at the graceful, ripe skin that binds us. Pristine sprouts, untried cures, sustain delicate deal-making, but, dogged heat puckers harsh truths, spoils fruits before they ripen. Broken, unsorted turns of color settle in weighty […]
Losses
Losses By Claire Scott pieces of my life left along the way clumps and clusters of what-used-to-bes what-no-longer-ares like pay phones and phone books incandescent light bulbs landlines & VCRs my children remind me I once ran six minute miles flashing in silver shorts and Saucony shoes at five am now I shuffle a few sclerotic steps […]
Tweet and Text
Howard F. Stein’s most recent poem to appear here was “Purpose” (June 2017) Tweet and Text By Howard F. Stein Tell me, my love, what can you say on your smart phone that you can’t say to me? You insist you can’t be connected and still talk with me. You’d rather tweet and text than hold […]
Shifts
Catriona Knapman’s most recent poem to appear here was “Souvenir” (June 2017) Shifts By Catriona Knapman A mother caped in a velvet night says the names of the colours in Spanish, with an accent like wind through pines. Her son repeats them like a cone falling onto the earth. A mayor worrying about […]
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