Kay Middleton’s most recent poem to appear here was The green sea (November 2014). When you go silent By Kay Middleton When you go silent I stare at my own detention my intention to dislodge suddenly halted by the blankness of my reflection. It isn’t so much a chill as the warmth departing incrementally until […]
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The Road to Barbie Road
AJ Huffman’s most recent poem to appear here was There Are Footprints (November 2014). The Road to Barbie Road By AJ Huffman streams past a strange accumulation of discarded plastic parts. Painted pink, they seem to smile without their heads. A horrid mini mannequin massacre, leads to the mindless beauty trapped in some child’s Dream[House]. […]
Unbound Content’s 2014 Pushcart Prize
Please join me in congratulating Unbound Content’s 2014 Pushcart Prize nominations, listed here with the nominated poems in their entirety: Woman at the Auction House By Angela Carter “I ain’t givin’ nothin’ away, darlin’,” she said as she pressed her stub of red lipstick to her lips. She turned her head to the side, her […]
vox poetica’s Pushcart Prize Nominees 2014!
It never gets easier, but it still makes me happy! I’m pleased to announce this year’s vox poetica nominations for the Pushcart Prize: Burning a Hole in Daylight by Harry Calhoun Holding On by Jeanette Cheezum Moon by Neil Ellman Saying please by Susan Sweetland Garay Dive With the Living Things by Jennifer Greenholt Because Boots by […]
Fundamentally One
Arif Ahmad’s most recent poem to appear here was Where Are the Mandelas? The Gandhis? (November 2014). Fundamentally One By Arif Ahmad For all our blood-spilling differences How different are we really? The anatomy taught in medical schools, Is it different for Muslims, Christians, and Jews? Don’t we all ave the same workings, the same […]
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