Steven Minchin’s most recent poem to appear here was St Vitus’ Dance (December 2012).This Radiant BoyBy Steven Minchin If you were here would we break our necks at the back?Make neon the new blindness–everything light, purple and pink as it surrounds our eyes–one set across popcorn intersectionsfixed on the concrete streamers suspended from the sky The stiff […]

Jim Kuperstein’s poem The CPSC Entry appeared here in December 2012.Trees Upside DownBy Jim Kuperstein Lean way back and tilt your head‘Til you can feel the sand tickling your hairSee trees upside downWarp your perspectiveDizzying and slightly unsettlingSwing with your five year old daughterSing silly songsand laugh

Azra Daniel Francis’ poem Iamb Perfect appeared here in December 2012.Better to ForgetBy Azra Daniel Francis Perfection gained throughTruthfulnessCan never fade; Majestic mountainsTo glorious pastsLong passed Are merely sad remindersExcellenceIs not genomic.

Donald Pachinger is a 21-year-old poet from Long Island searching for the right words. Charles Bukowski, Rob Plath, and Li Po are the titans in a long list of his influences. Visit his blog.2:40 a.m.By Donald Pachinger i watch the sky light up,as I walk home from the bar,a storm rolls in

Sy Roth comes riding in and then canters out. Oftentimes, the head is bowed by reality; other times he is proud to have said something noteworthy. After 42 years as a teacher/school administrator, he now lives in Mount Sinai, far from Moses and the tablets. This has led him to words for solace. He spends […]