Simon Perchik’s most recent poem to appear here was “With no ink and the nib” (August 2019). These dead still need pills though the one rock you leave no longer reaches star to star —what they swallow is mist :a sea with its arch dissolved in this black dust brought back for silence and them […]
It's just poetry, it won't bite
Surcease
KJ Hannah Greenberg’s most recent poem to appear here was “Four” (August 2019). Surcease By KJ Hannah Greenberg Failing exculpatory rhetoric, “leaders,” anyway, Employed many bromides to soothe crowds intent On delivering consequences deemed “due” them. Most days, women toughened by dint of dance fusion, Concurrently inhabit cabriolets and station wagons, Fashion themselves after well-placed, […]
Sort of American Haiku for a New Hampshire Mountain Home
Lee Woodman’s most recent poem to appear here was “Reconsidering the Moon” (August 2019). Sort of American Haiku for a New Hampshire Mountain Home By Lee Woodman —with thanks to Allen Ginsberg I’ve been enchanted and beguiled by eager shrubs known to survive short summers, bedazzled by “volunteer” naturals blown over by wind Purple lupine, […]
In the Past
John Grey’s most recent poem to appear here was “On the Red Line” (March 2019). In the Past By John Grey The past boasts both brief lifetimes of roses and the eternity of a plastic bag. It’s accommodating. It fits people we all know and the ones that I and a few others know. Dickens […]
If They Ask
Rajiv Khandelwal lives and writes in Agra, India. If They Ask By Rajiv Khandelwal If they ask Tell them their grandfather Was studious Was a sportsman Was a dramatist Was a singer Was a prolific reader If they ask Tell them He was a loner He was mostly an introvert He was a perfectionist If […]
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