Louisiana Bayou By Ilona Martonfi I have given you my backwaters dusty dirt roads, a log cabin red mangroves, cypress forests tidal salt marshes, hunting and fishing shrimp, blue crab, and oyster— your offshore rig explosion oil slick floating around booms I have given you my Cajun music: a child of the Bayou by the […]

For Neglected Young Minds. By Lazola Pambo                                                            Is it because I am young, That my outcry falls on deaf ears? Left to wander alone in this […]

The Last Poem by Laura Zucca-Scott to appear here was Silver Waters (October 2015) Rusty Wind By Laura Zucca-Scott At the train station The wind smells of salt and rusted tracks In the evening chill I remember many summers When a day at the beach Meant so much Wrestling waves Laughing hard Wanting to go […]

Nate Spears’ most recent poem to appear here was Realistically Speaking (December 2012). Amen By Nate Spears The door busts in with a “Boom” Smoke and flashing lights fill my sight Absent-minded in thought, loss and seizure took all in illegal search. I cast my ballot in fear of my last breath Motherless; far from […]

Risica Caputi’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Girl and the Mirror” (March 2013) Cue Curtain By Risica Caputi The Reaper follows you around Like a newly acquired puppy. Constantly following, following, stalking you. Nipping at your heels Vying for your attention. Then one blessed morning you awaken Only to find poop in […]