Abbie Johnson Taylor’s most recent poem to appear here was Cancer (October 2012). Bill’s Hands By Abbie Johnson Taylor Soft, gentle, they caressed me,once milked cows, fed livestock, gathered eggs,tapped computer keys in a busy office,glided back and forth along Braille pages,placed a ring on my finger, as he said, “I do.”When one hand no longer worked,the […]

Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Signs (December 2012). Waiting for the bus By Christopher Roe Buses shamble like large beetleshaltingly through the streetsand scud into the dark tunnelsunder the hills to the sunshineon the other side of the hill they scatter with a hiss and growland we, the lowly commuters,their droppings along the way.

Nicole Yurcaba’s most recent poem to appear here was Where are all the poems? (September 2012). After Tarring the Corn Bin By Nicole Yurcaba Tar-fingerprints scar your ballcapafter I haphazardly retrieve it from the mud’s graspone afternoon when the wind blows it from your headafter we finish tarring the corn bin to seal its base’s cracks. Despite […]

James G Piatt’s most recent poem to appear here was I Sat Among My Thoughts Today (September 2012). The Mocking Bird By James G Piatt Oh mocking bird, ignoble feathered beastOf the midnight hours, with multipleVoices trilling stridently in the moonlitNight. You are as a lost soul calling forYour mate in solo flight: You must beListening to […]

Donald Pachinger’s poem 2:40 am appeared here January 2013. i was a teenage blogger By Donald Pachinger i was a romantic poetuntil i realized the worldwas full of themso i wrote this instead