Jeanette Gallagher’s most recent poem to appear here was The Twist, published as part of Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags, in January 2012.PraiseBy Jeanette GallagherShe asked her motherwhy she neverpraisedHer mother answeredbecause she didn’t want her to get a big head.After therapy sherelinquished the painand wondered whyin her dreams she stillsearched for herself.

Gerald Solomon was born in London and studied English literature at Cambridge University. After a short spell as a sales assistant at a book shop in London’s Charing Cross Road, he worked as a producer at the BBC. Subsequently becoming engaged in education, he helped found general studies courses at Hornsey College of Art, and […]

Patty Cole is a 2012 NCPS Honorable Mention honoree and a 2011 Fields of Earth Poetry Competition finalist. Her other credits are The Sound of Poets Cooking (anthology), The Main Street Rag, Mused Winter 2011 Solstice, The Melancholy Dane, and the Kanawha Review. She lives in Bonlee NC on a 17-acre farm where she and her husband raise chickens, 4 […]

Max Miroff breathes air and exhales carbon dioxide, primarily in Virginia. On certain rare occasions, a bit of poetry comes out too. You will be able to find him here soon.The Dead Wide Savanna, Skies AsunderBy Max MiroffI come to you with omens of the fall,the death of the wounded lionwho liesstrewn across the rocks.The sun envelops […]

Clinton Van Inman’s most recent poem to appear here was The Real Missing Mass (February 2012).UncleBy Clinton Van InmanI thought you diedIn the last war but ISee you are up to yourOld tricks againPointing your fingerBullying boys to joinYour cause of killingPeopleO say can you see theFields filling with thoseWho believed your old lieThat freedom means fightingNow […]