Julie Ellinger Hunt sometimes writes about writing and always masters metaphor. If I Were a Poet By Julie Ellinger Hunt If I were a poet, I’d climb up the side of buildings peering into windows watching life happen in a frame If I were a poet, I’d fly above us taking verbal snapshots placing debris […]
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Purple Dove
Thomas Piekarski’s poem Islander appeared here in November 2013. Purple Dove By Thomas Piekarski How many times have I gotten my hopes inflated only to have them die inside a tear? Why has the austere frontier dangling above not sent a purple dove Earthward this spring? What botanist can come up with an equation negating […]
A Brief Word About Butterflies
Patrick Stevens’ most recent poem to appear here was Bow Ties, published as part of Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays (July 2012). A Brief Word About Butterflies By Patrick Stevens I haven’t written one of these in eleven months and the last one was trash, so who knows when the last actual poem flowed out […]
Extinct
Clinton Van Inman’s poetic observations. Extinct By Clinton Van Inman Sixty million years ago in a wink An asteroid crashed to Earth in a clink Wiped out the dinosaurs in a blink And made everything else go extinct Except the hairy one who learned to think Now he’s called the missing link. Was it fate […]
Day
Linda Bojman’s most recent poem to appear here was Seasons (October 2013). Day By Linda Bojman The hours I like the most are those that come just after sunrise, the time when it is quiet and still, the time when streets are empty and serene and you can hear yourself whisper in the street and […]
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