Molly Frederick’s most recent poem to appear here was “Power of Wild” (July 2019). Day Come Lightly By Molly Frederick The blue sky, and how it disappears into its own vision of tomorrow. Then the full, high clouds, piling in together, as they huddle soft with pink. How I enjoyed this day where the future […]
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What I Do When the Train of Thought Stops
Emmanuel Stephen Ogboh lives and writes in Nigeria. What I Do When the Train of Thought Stops By Emmanuel Stephen Ogboh I don’t always escape The water-walls of my past— Narrow, spooky alleyways. My mind wanders off and back, I hear the squeaking of doors, The flapping of wings, splashes. I see […]
The Cruelest Month
Leah Stenson’s most recent poem to appear here was “Same River Twice” (November 2011). The Cruelest Month By Leah Stenson At first suggestion of spring the young shed their winter wool bare their supple, rosy flesh while, I, with hair the color of snow, button my coat at the neck.
Randomness
Rosalind Kaliden’s most recent poem to appear here was “April Morning, 2016” (August 2019). Randomness By Rosalind Kaliden Outside my window the last of autumn’s sumac leaves stick to the branch’s crown, like the red tail feathers of the eponymous hawk diving toward a mole. Two thin-skinned grapes, bridged by an inch of rinse water […]
Homage to the Mexican Muralists
Max Reif’s most recent poem to appear here was “Leaving Oaxaca” (August 2019). Homage to the Mexican Muralists (Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City) By Max Reif I cannot know the nightmareout of whichthe world was wakingas I was takingbirth. These artists try to tell. They tell. But I am deaf to hear. I can’t […]
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