Nathaniel S Rounds’ most recent poem to appear here was Vodka (March 2013).  Courtly Love By Nathaniel S Rounds Chivalry isn’t deadIt’s just in remissionLike a cockroach sleepingThere beneath the stoveIn Hell’s KitchenAnd I will gladly open the door for youWhile you speed throughEyes closed to my empty gestureI will carry your books homeEven though nobody reads […]

Nancy May lives in the United Kingdom. She has been writing haiku for a year. Her work has been accepted at Haiku Journal, Three Line Poetry, Poetry Quarterly, Icebox, Twisted Dreams Magazine, Eskimo Pie, Inclement Poetry, and Dark Pens: Short Poetry of the Night. Follow her on Twitter.  First date By Nancy May First datefirst kissfirst love One promisealways faithfulwedding vow […]

Erick Harrison was born in 1966 in New York. He is the nephew of playwright Paul Carter Harrison and he enjoys the poetry of ee cummings and Langston Hughes. Where You Want to Be By Erick Harrison Dry leaves rustle softly‘Gainst the dusty suburban earth … Dawn’s pink-grey-copper-green sky … It’s a quiet Saturday mornYou awaken brieflyThen […]

Jeffrey L Williams’ most recent poem to appear here was The Color of Amber (March 2013). Amethyst and Philistines By Jeffrey L Williams in my world the sky is amethystphilistines are the majorityand the only thing worth fearingis immortalitythere is no silencewe are encapsulated with softened noisemasquerading as a running brookor even rainfallIt was a mission of […]

Lori Izykowski’s most recent poem to appear here was Deep Inside (February 2013). Spring Snow By Lori Izykowski Winter pauses spring,Maple and forsythiaAt the ready, waiting.Cardinals, juncos and finchesFlit and feast,Instinct trumps weather.