Summer Qabazard’s poem Another Coffeehouse Night appeared here in February 2012. Standing on the PorchBy Summer Qabazard Stars above St. Louisspellbind so hard they swirlwhen you stare long enoughin winter, they healwith tears of ice and pearl. They are the stairsof the Milky Waysending up dulcet tides of rainthrough the choking black layerwe have created. When it […]

Denny E Marshall’s poem The Kitchen Table appeared here in February 2012. Is This the Last StopBy Denny E Marshall Not the JuneOr the spoonOf a teenage loveI am much older nowYour spaceInvades meIn the marginsAlong the foldsYou changed moreThan a few wordsIn my brief lightA showerThoughts you erasedLike ribbonsGenerals diedNow there isA specificLove you so muchI […]

Charlene James-Duguid’s most recent poem to appear here was Star Crosser (February 2012).Caught as I Lay DyingBy Charlene James-Duguid Admit it.Probably a grandmother said it to you,Or a cousin that you called auntBecause she hadn’t married and wasAs old as your mother. “Absolutely never go out of the houseWith a safety pin holding up your slip.” Admit […]

Corey Anne Hemmerich’s poem The Unmade Bed appeared here in May 2011.a little, plain boyBy Corey Anne Hemmerich a little, plain boywho wandered grass barefootwho never knew I was there in his small-full worldhe grabbed hold of leavesand ripped long blades of weeds,sang high hollers o’er flower-minding meadowsand flung-sung deep furrows in coils up high on the […]

Nate Spears’ most recent poem to appear here was Soul Mate Destiny (February 2012). Check out his first book of poetry, Inspiration 2 Smile, while you await the forthcoming release of his new book, Main Street Thoughts, this spring.OzBy Nate Spears Wonderland displays snow In a world of living who knows I build character Plotting, strategizing, Fighting my […]