Ken Allan Dronsfeld’s most recent poem to appear here was “An Electric Touch” (July 2019). Magenta Rising By Ken Allan Dronsfeld May it be an evening star shining down upon you. May it be when darkness falls your heart will be calmed. You walk the lonely road, how far are you from home? Darkness has […]
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Walter Cronkite Wiped Tears From His Eyes
Sandra Soli lives and writes in Edmond, Oklahoma. Walter Cronkite Wiped Tears From His Eyes Midland, Texas July 20, 1969 By Sandra Soli That evening at work, we borrowed the largest television in stock from Folger’s Magnavox next door, installed it in the front window so passersby could wait with us, hearts in our […]
Putting the Pain in Painting
Everleigh Carter is a student at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia, home of the Bridgewater International Poetry Festival. Putting the Pain in Painting By Everleigh Carter Portrayed among the wings of her gallery lie tales and inscriptions of misfortune. Each mark, each crease, each ridge, each streak tells its own story, but all share a […]
Mashed
Gale Acuff’s most recent poem to appear here was “Eye for an Eye” (July 2019). Mashed By Gale Acuff If Miss Hooker ever wants a baby I’ll give her one when I learn how. Maybe she already knows and can tell me but if that’s true then she doesn’t need my help but she does need a […]
A Lie I tell myself
Penny Wilson’s most recent poem to appear here was “Bloodshed Worthy” (July 2019). A Lie I tell myself By Penny Wilson You hold my heart Not in the palm of your hand but on a razor’s edge the tip your tongue a sword You can cut my heart with a phrase Or a word Tear […]
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