Ben Nardolilli’s most recent poem to appear here was Love in Bohemia (January 2012).Ignore the Special PackagingBy Ben Nardolilli Forty miles of leftover distance,I wonder if it is about timeFor a conversion,A mile an ounce,And the ounces taken inUnder forty minutes,Once the minutes are turnedInto hogsheads and reams,Then this gap year between usMight be easy to conquer,Or […]

Clinton Van Inman’s most recent poem to appear here was Sylvia (January 2012).The Real Missing MassBy Clinton Van Inman They say that most of you is missingPerhaps even from your private placesSomething more than just an arm or legAnd deeper than your darkest spaces.Researchers conclude as much as 90 percentLost deduced from a long line of Xs […]

William Wright Harris is a student at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville, where he has studied poetry in workshop settings with poets such as Jesse Janeshek, Marilyn Kallet, Arthur Smith, and Marcel Brouwers. William’s poetry has appeared in literary journals such as Cannon’s Mouth, Ascent Aspirations, and Write On!!!Ode on a Fortune CookieBy William Wright Harris Tearing off […]

Finishing Line Press published Shelby Stephenson’s chapbook Playing Dead in 2011. Family Matters: Homage to July, the Slave Girl, won the Bellday Prize for Poetry in 2008 (Allen Grossman, judge) and the Oscar Arnold Young Award in 2009 from the Poetry Council of North Carolina (Jared Carter, judge). For more information on his poetry and music, visit Shelby’s website.Coastal […]

Pauline M Campos is a former newsroom journalist turned stay-at-home-writer-mama with the requisite blog. She contributes to Owning Pink, Bookieboo, An Army of Ermas, and posts 3 times a week at her blog. Zombie By Pauline M Campos Voices raised fingers pointed tears thoughts racing guilt swelling eat something anything chew swallow repeat words thrown overhead salt in […]