Jonathan Douglas Dowdle’s most recent poem to appear here was “If It Would Stop Raining” (December 2019). We All Live a Koan By Jonathan Douglas Dowdle “What is the sound of one hand, clapping?” A smack against your own head Might be the answer, sudden realization, Or against the arm, the chest, matching The thrum-thrum-thrum […]
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Where I Come From
Alison Hicks’ most recent poem to appear here was “The Winter Magician” (December 2019). Where I Come From By Alison Hicks A place of seasons, mixed forest, evergreens, and hardwoods. Where sugar maples turn orange and red, whose sap, collected in spring, boiled down, is poured hot onto snow. I grew up in a farmhouse […]
Vain to a Fault
Michael Copeland’s most recent poem to appear here was “Living a Life” (December 2019). Vain to a Fault By Michael Copeland Mirror mirror leaning there Aslant against the column fair Reflecting beauty all the day Of dreams, delight, and vanity Looking out, and looking in Am I heavy, am I thin Might I behold that […]
Kanovitz’s Vernissage, by Haneke
T.S. Hidalgo’s most recent poem to appear here was “Lolita’s Store” (December 2019). Kanovitz’s Vernissage, by Haneke (The McDonaldization of terrorism) By T.S. Hidalgo George Ritzer and a corner are not the same thing: enclosed, the vernissage fifteen, in an unending McDonald’s, in the attic of a skyscraper, gasoline smell and no Process, without having […]
Butterfly Summer
Nancy Scott McBride’s most recent poem to appear here was “Full Moon” (December 2019). Butterfly Summer By Nancy Scott McBride We’d been told that their numbers were down. Way down. We’d heard that they were in trouble. Big trouble. And we saw that it was true, what the experts said. For many years in a […]
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