Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags White By Alice Shapiro I lost the perfect white diamond from Mother’s hand in the sea of hardship. How was it that I saved the delicate white doily, knit from Mother’s hand? Alice Shapiro’s most recent poem to appear here was Once More, published in December 2010 as part of Contributor […]

Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags In Pleasure By Nate Spears White suit, top hat, pride feeling higher than spectacular The ugly duckling has gone platinum Feeling gold Opening a new chapter with a silver lining Revealing transformation A new me On top of Thee On top of the world is he One hell of a […]

Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags Plumage By Monica Crumback first the pain but then the down, spun sweet in silken rings brown as autumn baby girl, the finest of my things Monica Crumback’s most recent poem to appear here was A Treat? (August 2011).

Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags Rugged vs Pretty By Babatunde Lamidi Got a call one morning from guess who? Pretty Inviting me for a party Turned it down like a goalkeeper Who had just parried a ball to the left corner A room filled with men and women Ladies and gentlemen dressed in a manner […]

Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags Dress Well By Murray Dunlap To live in hell Wearing bigger clothing than you used to Unhappy with ANY occasion To limp in an odd fashion Feeling underdressed at all times But to embrace an old saying “Time heals all wounds.” And dress normally again And to feel the smile […]