KK Singh’s most recent poem to appear here was All the fallen girls all these broken girls (September 2011). Uncertain giftBy KK Singh I made this pendantwith you in mind,bits of colored glassfused together.Now I see it is delicate,pretty, but inconsequential.What will it mean to you?I fear it will meanall that hasn’t beenall that isn’t enough.Rather than beautyyou […]
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To the One That Got Away
Ray Sharp’s most recent poem to appear here was The Ballad of Anna Leigh, published as part of Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags in December 2011. To the One That Got AwayBy Ray Sharp I had a new poem on the line,but I did not set the hookwith deft and timely flicksof my wood and graphite rod.I […]
The Topography of a Face
Harris Tobias’ most recent poem to appear here was On Making a PDF (January 2012). The Topography of a FaceBy Harris Tobias I smile and my face shatters like a dishWho can read the topography of a lifeThe tectonic plates of sorrow and lossShift and split beyond all recognitionThe pattern of life livedHas etched its jagged way across […]
Bully
Shelby Breen’s most recent poem to appear here was Breathing (July 2009). BullyBy Shelby Breen Betrayed, alonenot knowingwhere to go Fearful, unwantedafraid to make the slightest movementto awaken the vultures Gone, forevertoo late to change what you causedtoo late to take back my pain
The Deer Grows Older
Nels Hanson has worked as a farmer, teacher, and contract writer/editor. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz and the University of Montana, and his fiction received the San Francisco Foundation’s James D Phelan Award. His stories have appeared in Antioch Review, Texas Review, Black Warrior Review, Southeast Review, Montreal Review, and other journals. Poems have appeared in Big […]
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