Alison Hicks’ most recent poem to appear here was “Where I Come From” (January 2020). Riffles By Alison Hicks Midsummer the whole nightmoon three days off full katydids all to myself Sense It’s not supposed to the pattern of clouds on a cool June day the way things fall in place or not. You give […]
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Absent of Some Mercy
Jonathan Douglas Dowdle’s most recent poem to appear here was “We All Live a Koan” (January 2020). Absent of Some Mercy By Jonathan Douglas Dowdle I crossed through a gaze, to see how alone I was, On streets that still screamed, and wept Beneath the glass, broken, on forgotten streets, Where dreams whispered softly Against […]
What Did She Discover?
Molly Frederick’s most recent poem to appear here was “A Sphinx Speaks” (January 2020). What Did She Discover? By Molly Frederick “It’s all so interesting.”—That’s what she said—just before she died. And it was; and it is. But why then, and why not before? Late the hour, late the moment. Late, so late. Until . […]
Dead bullfighter in front of a mirror
T.S. Hidalgo’s most recent poem to appear here was Kanovitz’s Vernissage, by Haneke (January 2020). Dead bullfighter in front of a mirror By T.S. Hidalgo The roses don’t work, I’m dead I’m ashamed, in my left side, too red, the blood doesn’t work, no tears, the infinite awaits: you, surrounded by bulls, you had just […]
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E. Martin Pedersen, originally from San Francisco, has lived for over 35 years in eastern Sicily, where he teaches English at the local university. His poetry has appeared most recently in Ginosko Literary Journal, Abstract Magazine, Neologism Poetry Journal, Poesis, and Thirteen Myna Birds. Martin is an alum of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. He […]
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