Julie Ellinger Hunt’s most recent poem to appear here was “Fleur” (May 2017) At Dawn By Julie Ellinger Hunt At dawn, they all come to rest, Not just the hungry locusts, The owl at his post. But inside Rattling pinball ringing racing Cerebral nonsense all thumbs Where even-palmed, calming linear Thoughts await on borders. Hair pulling, […]
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Waking Without You
Sandy Patton’s most recent poem to appear here was “Familiar Stranger” (February 2017) Waking Without You By Sandy Patton Drifting along in a dreamlike haze, time hovers as if suspended. An idyllic nirvana, a brief respite before my private demon, reality, shatters sweet slumber. First light sucker- punches me. I gasp your name, my voice raspy, […]
Thirty
Donovan James lives and writes in Portland, Oregon. Thirty By Donovan James In the serene clarity of age and sobriety, I re-enter the old apartment of this ape, Discarded character traits of Baltimore, The Carolinas Strewn across the floor, Remnants of the passionate throes Of Portland. It’s like entering a room after a party, —Something […]
Fragments of Divulged
AJ Huffman’s most recent poem to appear here was “Neon Bracelets and Nonsense” (May 2017) Fragments of Divulged By AJ Huffman Time can recall any dream, shift its intensity until it flashes like a star, echoes like an absence. Superstition slithers, a snake lying in my ear, whispering lean forward until I fall face-first into common […]
Death in Minor Key
Molly Frederick’s most recent poem to appear here was “In the Pause” (May 2017) Death in Minor Key By Molly Frederick Bedizened by burgundy drops of blood, a robin’s body lies—dead, broken—telling the truth, but not what happened before what happened next. A single certainty was suddenly altered by shocking smears of red. Seconds mattered, though […]
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