Nancy Scott McBride’s most recent poem to appear here was “Nature Boy” (April 2017) Going Home By Nancy Scott McBride I started going back shortly after I left. I went back and back and back again. I’m not sure why, because when I lived there, all I wanted to do was get away. But maybe I […]
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New Orleans
Demi Richardson lives and writes in Indiana, Pennsylvania. New Orleans By Demi Richardson Cicatrix—(n) the scar of a healed wound; or, a scar on the bark of a tree; or, a mark on a stem after the leaf has become detached. A verse in Solomon goes like this: catch for us the foxes, the little […]
Becoming My Father
Richard Schnap’s most recent poem to appear here was “Decision” (March 2017) Becoming My Father By Richard Schnap I put on the light blue shirt The diagonally striped silk tie Step into the khaki pants Slip into the wing tip shoes And suddenly feel transformed Into a man that I barely knew Who told me once […]
Stop to Think
Maria Arana’s most recent poem to appear here was “Youth” (September 2016) Stop to Think By Maria Arana Once or twice, I stop to think of times gone by that shouldn’t have been Embers rush to shatter dreams seams which never heal Once or twice, I stop to think of times gone by that spoke of […]
Blindfolded
Jaclyn Burr’s most recent poem to appear here was “Brown Eyes” (February 2017) Blindfolded By Jaclyn Burr Exhaling on your shoulder I turn to watch your face, grazing black sand on the ridge of your bronze cheek. Your black-coffee eyes stare at barren walls, lost in contemplation. When I ask what you are thinking, you […]
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