Mark Gooch’s most recent poem to appear here was The Secret Food Group, published as part of Contributor Series 8: Feast and Famine in April 2011. FarewellBy Mark Gooch Crickets singing, searching Romancing unseen suitors Darkness envelopes, light yields to its oppression Fireflies glowing Little disco balls dancing on the leaves of the tree Quietly […]

Kristina Sheehan is an itinerant recluse, Vonnegut enthusiast, and aspiring wordplay artiste. The thorns turn inwardBy Kristina Sheehan on a ribbon of twilight you descend into the garden armed with cadmium, mercury, and lead: rotting citrus thickens the gray you stumble down a ravine whose footholds have disintegrated the bitter wind whips your bitter lips […]

Jane Audrey’s most recent poem to appear here was The Journey (October 2010). BrokenBy Jane Audrey I’ve tried anger and resentment on for size, made an honest attempt at “don’t give a damn,” but my throat still burns in pain my cheeks flushed with tears each time my thoughts wander to you. You don’t want me. You’ve […]

Lou Pugliese’s most recent poem to appear here was You Don’t Know Me, published as part of Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears in July 2011. Before dawnBy Lou Pugliese Awake before the roosters I’m immersed in what the sleeping world can’t imagine It’s a special aura in the dark before dawn Rain clouds I […]

Stan Galloway’s most recent poem to appear here was Pin Dot (August 2011). His poem Gazers (a collaboration with Julie Ellinger Hunt) was one of vox poetica’s 2011 nominations for Best of the Net. Pool SlideBy Stan Galloway The slide reflected in the water, like Monet on Van Gogh, reminds that what we see and what is real and […]