Jay Carson is emeritus professor of English Studies at Robert Morris University. Education of a Prince Case Study: Yakov By Jay Carson Stalin is not his real name since his steely father assumed that name . . . but you know all that. What of Yakov, who was left motherless after typhus took her, along […]
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Anger and Bitterness
Bobbie Troy’s most recent poem to appear here was “Meaning and Purpose” (May 2019). Anger and Bitterness By Bobbie Troy anger and bitterness sit like guard dogs on the citadel of our life they will pounce and overtake you if you let them
Music From a Tone Deaf Planet
Susan Sonde’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Universe is Not a Welfare State” (August 2019). Music From a Tone Deaf Planet By Susan Sonde still incubating the chill of the universe, its unventilated days bright as a neon centerfold clad only in espadrilles, soles stacked high as slick timbers taller than water […]
The Illustrated Life of the Body
Christopher Kuhl lives and writes in Batavia, Illinois. His published books include Night Travels (2017); Blood and Bone, River and Stone; Memoirs of Lewis County; and Everyday I Will Remember (2019). He has published in Prairie Schooner, Mississippi Literary Review, Tower Journal, Inscape Magazine, and Tulane Review, among many others. The Illustrated Life of the Body By Christopher Kuhl Our bodies […]
Valley
Simon Fleischer’s most recent poem to appear here was “My Grandpa’s Moans” (December 2018). Valley By Simon Fleischer Growing-over, tree-spotted, valley great bowl perched on a lip, gravity-defying curl of green— To forget you is to wither. It’s hard work to get here. so twice a year, maybe, I drag my thickness out and up. […]
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