Writing Poetry with Putin By Sara Robinson This time of year the black flies are a distraction. They emerge from the forest floor, are restless, and don’t appreciate their evolutionary history. Better to find a mossier spot, perhaps with better views of the valleys and more open vistas beyond the mountains to the sea. The […]
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Morgana in the Yard
Shaun Perkins lives in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, where she is the curator of the Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry. Morgana in the Yard By Shaun Perkins I still show up to find out what happened to me and the rest of us, to know how a plot continues without the characters, how my turn of […]
By The River
Nate Spears’ most recent poem to appear here was “Amen” (May 2016) By The River By Nate Spears A river runs amok Running through this little town of the old South The tide is flowing thin The waters are running out It’s been in the making For a long time now Change is evident Change gone […]
Mesas and Meadows
Howard F. Stein’s most recent poem to appear here was “Triumph of Hate” (December 2016) Mesas and Meadows By Howard F. Stein Ghost Ranch, New Mexico Two hundred million years pass in a fleeting second— one moment, dinosaurs roam equatorial marshlands; in the next, high desert meadows carpet the valley with hay fields, cattle, and tall stalks of […]
Orange Groves and Aerospace
Orange Groves and Aerospace By Linda Sonrisa Small town daughters of the road— We traveled far from frigid plains to find sun-splashed beatnik beaches in the wildest west we knew. Orange groves and aerospace set the stage for our Space Age. We became Ladies of […]
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