Cassie Premo Steele’s most recent poem to appear here was Pay Attention, published as part of Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears. Her new collection of poems, The Pomegranate Papers, is officially released today from unbound CONTENT. For more information, click here. I Loved This Landscape Into BeingBy Cassie Premo Steele It was the house of […]

Summer Qabazard’s most recent poem to appear here was Standing on the Porch (March 2012).  The SeashellBy Summer Qabazard Leaving behind the last heat of the yearat 30,500 feet above the earthI’ve been chasing sundownevery human part of mefeeling the gritof grains of sand under my nailsfrom last night’s cleaningof tear-sized seashellsthat I picked for herone escapedand […]

JB Hogan’s most recent poem to appear here was Storm Over North Africa (January 2012).  Reading Don Quixote–San Miguel de AllendeBy JB Hogan One-room apartment on Avenida Mesonesat the top of a narrow flight of stairs;single bed, table and two chairs, small kitchen withpan for making spaghetti, and in the refrigerator–half a bottle of red wine, package of […]

Lucile Barker is a Toronto poet, writer and activist who has been writing since she first swiped her grandmother’s Waterman fountain pen and her mother’s lilac ink. The time spent in the corner gave her more opportunity to write. This was augmented by time in the hall and the detention room later. Since 1994, Lucile […]

Jean McLeod’s most recent poem to appear here was Edward Hopper’s Paintings (March 2012). SafetyBy Jean McLeod Just before midnightdogs circle on their palletsnear the hearthguarding their familyagainst nightmaresthat dare not intrudewhile dogscircle.