Wendy Freborg’s poem Downsizing appeared here in May 2013. Forty-Year Friends By Wendy Freborg Then, we talked away the night. At four we went outside. The Danish sun had risen. Everything was fresh. Now, we pack it in by twelve. I get up at four to pee. Odin gave an eye for wisdom, We gave […]
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Death and Everything
Anton Frost’s work has appeared in Verdad, Parcel, ditch, and elsewhere. He lives in Michigan. Death and Everything By Anton Frost Death is when everything lies behind you. If you feel you have arrived at it prematurely, you need only turn around.
The Power of We
Jeanette Gallagher opens our eyes to the power of language. The Power of We By Jeanette Gallagher When I lose my husband I lose what was we; That changes to I. Other couples continue the use Of we without awareness Of how the contrast cuts. When friends invite me To join them for a movie […]
But When the Breeze, However
Helen Losse has a new book of poetry due to release in 2014 by Main Street Rag. But When the Breeze, However By Helen Losse The lonely wooden swing, hung from a tree branch, is thinking of children. Come children, play in the fall, in the fallen leaves. Do not desert me. The tree is […]
Ineffable
Scott Owens has a way of putting words to a life. Ineffable By Scott Owens Though all he has are words, he keeps trying to wrap his mind around the things he sees, hawk’s hover, sunrise, stars appearing one by one, crocuses in snow, cherry trees popping open on a single day, mesmerizing dance of […]
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