Simon Perchik’s most recent poem to appear here was * (February 2013). These windows know all about lakes By Simon Perchik These windows know all about lakes hiding among the dead—by instinct the glass freezes, just so and slowly, you carve two initials as if the name underneath would follow the way a small hole heats the ice, lures the fish […]
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Corona/Fugue
Nate Maxson’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Flat Earth Has An Accident” (June 2016) Corona/Fugue By Nate Maxson Corona: the vibration between the breath and the note, but not in our language Not our simple instrument, Ours is a bleary haloed renaissance at best An insomniac shadow around the sun, solve the puzzle […]
The Summer Clouds
The Summer Clouds By Tim Bass We had a stretch of days in June when the clouds came alive. They clustered across the west sky, blue as bruises underneath, peaks sparkling in the brightest, unfiltered whiteness of the sun. For weeks these rainless masses materialized, standing before us so tall and broad that soon I […]
To A Daughter Unknown
Nancy Scott McBride’s most recent poem to appear here was To A Daughter Unknown By Nancy Scott McBride When did it begin, the estrangement? Was it when you were born and I, high-as-a-kite on drugs, insisted that you were a boy? Or was it later, just a kid playing with her doll, I gave you […]
Colors of Life
Mark Gooch’s most recent poem to appear here was “Easter Bunny’s Truth” (April 2015) Colors of Life By Mark Gooch Brilliant colors emanate from the crystal in sunlight Their frequencies the clinical response—so what! Pray, tell the colors of passion, lust, love, and hate Lust is red, as the heart is willing, and the flesh […]
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