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There Are Footprints

11.17.14 Posted in today's words by

AJ Huffman’s most recent poem to appear here was Because Boots (October 2014). There Are Footprints By AJ Huffman on the wall. Strangely lit shadow-paths. Of progress? Or progressing Madness? I suspect the hand of both is responsible for these abstract expressions of agitation. I ponder painting over them, obliterating their evidence, decide instead to […]


Living the artist’s lif..

11.16.14 Posted in today's words by

Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Picnic (October 2014). Living the artist’s life By Christopher Roe The artist lives life with a kind of benign neglect jabbing the spurs of the moment into the flanks of recklessness …………………………because to live it properly might somehow take away from its creative aspect a story […]


Overlooking Tom’s Garden

11.15.14 Posted in today's words by

Charles Clifford Brooks III has been busy since we last saw him! Nights at the Plantation appeared here in August 2011. Today’s poem is from his new collection, Athena Departs. Overlooking Tom’s Garden By Charles Clifford Brooks III This evening, African guineas sneak up from underbrush in Lexington. All three look mournful, cluck, cry in […]


Once More

11.13.14 Posted in today's words by

John Pursch’s most recent poem to appear here was the answer is … (March 2014). Once More By John Pursch Falling from a hovering tower of amniotic haze, we slide deftly through darkness into the patient elephant of life.


The Uniform Commute of a Man Seeking God

11.12.14 Posted in today's words by

Tristan Cody is a 19-year-old ox living in the poppy fields. The Uniform Commute of a Man Seeking God By Tristan Cody Corrosion set in. My tie gangly against the mint vintage attire that my children wore to school. Momma admitted she washed them with her soaps like role models that bore resemblance amongst a […]


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