Betsy Martin’s most recent poem to appear here was “My Greatest Ambition” (July 2019). Going Down the Road Feeling Bad By Betsy Martin It’s my sophomore year and the guys next door have a band, always singing and playing badly, Going down the road feeling bad, their would-be hit. My heels beat a resonant song […]
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Fabrication
Donna James’ most recent poem to appear here was “Buried Treasure” (November 2019). Fabrication By Donna James In the dip between upper and lower meadows at the old apple, a mass of shrunken skulls, harvest’s last spill, resolves to earth. What do you see? I ask. The sea of souls I’m going to dissolve in, […]
Night at Frank’s
David Reuter’s most recent poem to appear here was “Ghost Story” (November 2019). Night at Frank’s By David Reuter What matters is what hides behind the neon entrance glowing cheap on dusky autumn days. The nipping wind walks on a dancer’s toes that no one cares to note. The pointless piles make heedless protests at […]
Fragrant and Amaranthine for Thousands of Years
Hongri Yuan’s most recent poem to appear here was “Heavenly Temples and Towers” (December 2019). Fragrant and Amaranthine for Thousands of Years By Hongri Yuan One day I will return from outer space on a red cloud and bring a giant picture scroll. My lines of lightning songs will flutter gold greetings from a prehistoric […]
A Sphinx Speaks
Molly Frederick’s most recent poem to appear here was “Stonework in a Garden” (December 2019). A Sphinx Speaks By Molly Frederick Forest winds touch pine needles, causing them to shimmer. Moonlight falls gently through the darkness, making patterns. Dragonflies with wings, bejeweled and gossamer, ferry thoughts across the moor to green islands of the mind, […]
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