Scott Owens is right. Towards a Poetics of Excess By Scott Owens What we need are more words, longer lines, stanzas that pile on without pity or mercy, poems that shrink from nothing, poems that refuse consideration of politics, correctness, or caution, poems ripe with intention and ready to burst. Who wants to read anything […]
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Washed Out
James McGurk gives us something that feels seasonal, though it’s really not. Washed Out By James McGurk Time goes fast ……………In a launder mat ……………Walk in and ……………………………..Sort out your lifestyles Watch the suds …………………………Bubble away old days Then wait ……………And watch The machines Dry out …………………….Used smiles Memories in ……………A launder mat ……………………………..Never last
God Gets His Start
Mike Corum is completing his MFA in poetry at the University of Nebraska. His poetry has appeared in Yellow Medicine Magazine, The Iowa Laurel, Wordland3 (UK), About Place Journal, and Uno Kudo. He is a native Iowan with deep roots in his state. He is especially proud of his 3 grown children, all making a […]
Silver Moss Fingers
New work by a vox poetica favorite, KJ Hannah Greenberg. 🙂 Silver Moss Fingers By KJ Hannah Greenberg Silver moss fingers hang Against banded trunks. Also, golden thoughts of leaves, Those sunlit yellow diamonds, sway. Wordstar music, such as never, seeps, Bringing angels’ tears inlaid with frost. I was rich, too, When I pressed against […]
Banjo
Bobby Steve Baker is a cosmetic surgeon in Lexington KY, moving toward the status of full-time writer. After a 35-year career in academic medicine, he completed an MFA in poetry at National University, San Diego. His work has been published widely in the United States and Canada (his homeland), and can be read at fine […]
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