Bobbie Troy’s most recent poem to appear here was “A Little Grayer Now” (May 2017) Places of Refuge By Bobbie Troy where are the places of refuge where we can feel safe from the world and ourselves where we can hide from the shadows that seek us the memories of darker times where are the places […]
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Teaching the Back float
Rebecca Villineau’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Roaches in my Grandmother’s Kitchen” (June 2017) Teaching the Back Float By Rebecca Villineau Don’t disturb the children in their slumber. Keep the hallway light dimmed and doors ajar. Let only the moon in her tired gaze inch through. Settle them, into night’s fold, night’s […]
Fish Crow
Ilona Martonfi’s most recent poem to appear here was “A Man on Puget Sound” (October 2016) Fish Crow By Ilona Martonfi Endemic urban scavenger bird coastal and tidewater regions. The mud of a river —hunting of carrion, crabs, shrimps turtle eggs and nestlings frogs, spiders, tree fruits. Remove eyes from cast lambs penetrate through umbilicus or […]
Rain on a Tin Roof
Rain on a Tin Roof By Jacob Miller The sky rains glass, shattering on the roof Deafening yet soothing, white noise War drums beat in the distance While a light show plays in the clouds The trees sway to the tune the wind plays As the glass falls upon the leaves A celestial hammer strikes […]
A Game of Catch
Simon Fleischer’s most recent poem to appear here was “Army Ants” (January 2017) A Game of Catch By Simon Fleischer He always pitched underhand. He leaned forward into the pitch, shortening the distance between where he stood and where I stood, and the ball looped towards me, its gentle mathematics asking me to swing that bat […]
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