Wendy Freborg’s most recent poem to appear here was “Forty-Year Friends” (October 2013) Conversations Among Friends By Wendy Freborg My girlhood friends and I used to talk about boys, About how they made us feel and how to act around them. We also talked about our parents— How to keep them happy while doing what we […]
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Tuesday Afternoon
Cary Lynne’s most recent poem to appear here was “Julie Needed a Ride” (May 2017) Tuesday Afternoon By Cary Lynne uncomfortable heat windows cranked summer breeze writes its signature in slow waves wrinkled sheets pale blue light thread splayed half on the dark brown warm wood floor mingling scents rise from fluffed white pillows sweat beads […]
The Woman Who Runs a Successful Restaurant
Nathan Gunter is vox poetica‘s managing editor. He also is the managing editor and interim editor of Oklahoma Today magazine. The Woman Who Runs a Successful Restaurant By Nathan Gunter The meringue, stacked high like skyscrapers, looming over coconut cream and crust. They groan with every bite. Deep, vocal moans—as close as you can get in polite company […]
The Roaches in my Grandmother’s Kitchen
Rebecca Villineau lives and writes in Massachusetts. The Roaches in my Grandmother’s Kitchen By Rebecca Villineau Hide until the lights flick off, then emerge like dancers. In a choreography of theft, they attack the butter left to soften on her table. Saltine crackers in pieces under each chair. I hear them from the couch I rest. […]
For Roger
John Swetnam’s most recent poem to appear here was “Lies” (November 2016) For Roger By John Swetnam We walked that day without thinking, ambling the path along the creek. Ducks were busy in the reeds. We didn’t throw them crusts from our sandwiches. We knew the crumbs would burgeon in their stomachs. We talked that day […]
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