Born in the Great Depression, Pasquale Varallo quit school after eighth grade, joined the Army at 16, the Coast Guard at 19. He doesn’t like poetry if it isn’t understandable after 2 readings. He was widowed after 42 years of marriage to his beloved wife, with whom he had 4 children (and 3 grandchildren). He […]

KK Singh is a writer of many pages that never see the light of day. She lives in suburban New Jersey with her amazing family. All the fallen girls all these broken girlsBy KK Singh Girl 1 Her tiny face tips toward mine in confession Leaning across the round table laid out with buffet-grade china, […]

Jeanette Gallagher’s most recent poem to appear here was Celebration for Baby Craig. Jeanette is one of the Albright Poets of Virginia and she often writes about family and love. Two to TangoBy Jeanette Gallagher The music began on a blind date when we danced to big band sounds under summer stars at the Surf Club […]

When she’s not writing or rectifying the blankness of various-sized canvases, Ashley Anne Eubanks is rescuing canoes from the commode and dancing arrhythmically to songs about sandwiches with her 2 angelic daughters in their 1688 square feet of paradise on the south end of Fort Smith. At night she tucks the girls in bed and […]

Lori Izykowski’s most recent poem to appear here was and so it goes …(March 2011). ClarityBy Lori Izykowski There is a point in any given day, that point when it’s all clear. Clear as a crisp fall day, or a cold mountain stream. That clarity is uncomfortable, isn’t it? It’s so much easier when it’s dark. […]