Clarissa McFairy’s most recent poem to appear here was Curtsey to a King (August 2014). Five-Star Mansion By Clarissa McFairy She makes her bed meticulously Sheets billow as she flings them up in air like a prayer and lays them gently on her mattress: the cold brick paving of the Post Office I see the […]
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What the Women Wrote, 6
This is the next installation in a series of poems written collectively by women living with cancer. The previous poem in the series was What the Women Wrote, 5 (June 2014). Message to the World From Women on the Banks of the Susquehanna This is the time to share our creativity. Our hearts celebrate love, […]
Pillows Talk
Elizabeth Dublin’s most recent poem to appear here was Stepping Out (August 2014). Pillows Talk By Elizabeth Dublin Pillows talk as I fold the sheets. What they have to say is rough on the ears but no surprise. I knew but didn’t want to know about the blonde and the ginger about the bourbon and […]
If You Need a Reason to Read Under the Covers
KJ Hannah Greenberg’s most recent poem to appear here was Privileged Fear (January 2014). If You Need a Reason to Read Under the Covers By KJ Hannah Greenberg If you need a reason, its cousins, aunties, dogs, to read under the covers, Or simply like to openly smile while making due with emptied Beer cans, […]
A Southern Lady
Jeanette Cheezum’s most recent poem to appear here was Hungry Mornings and Thirsty Nights (January 2015). A Southern Lady By Jeanette Cheezum She was dressed to the nines by eight in the morning Had the maid finish cleaning and shining by eleven Cook prepared a luncheon for the garden group by twelve Pencil skirts and […]
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