Jeanette Cheezum’s most recent poem to appear here was “Intoxication” (July 2016) Memories By Jeanette Cheezum Every time we piled in the car and left the city; my thoughts were filled with the peace and quiet, of Grandma’s house. Good smells mixed with a lot of love would lure us through the unlocked door into […]
It's just poetry, it won't bite
Listening
Susie Sweetland Garay’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Trees” (August 2014) Listening By Susie Sweetland Garay I watch two electric blue dragonflies frolic near a bush full of magenta berries next to where I sit on the damp grass one stops for a while and before he leaves I study the patterns […]
Back Then
Max Reif’s most recent poem to appear here was “Gratitude to the Trees” (October 2010) Back Then By Max Reif It was as if the world was a beach, a pleasant one, and we, my parents, brother and I, were spending a leisurely while under our umbrella, a prolonged picnic, if you will, and somehow […]
It’s Just Poetry. It Won’t Bite.
Nancy Scott McBride’s most recent poem to appear here was “To A Daughter Unknown” (July 2016) It’s Just Poetry. It Won’t Bite. By Nancy Scott McBride When I was twelve, Mother read “Thanatopsis” to me, and I had to pinch my arm to stay awake. A couple of years later, I heard Daddy recite “Elegy […]
The Gathering
The Gathering By Devon Balwit back when the tomatoes were still whole and the corn unshucked, we had not yet fought. the wine shouldered its cork, the peaches hid rough pits, and we our secrets. but skin peeled back on fibrous hearts. we took our tines and plunged them in. at the end there were […]
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