Dr. Seuss would have loved vox poetica! For My Dear Doctor, Dr. SeussBy Sarah Anne Stinnett September 1991 is when you died. I can’t remember where I was, swaddled in blankets perhaps mourning for a reason, not the right one; a rattle lost, why is my bottle cold? I, too little to know you had […]

As a Portuguese of Chinese descent, Ke Huang learned most of her English watching Hollywood movies. She holds a BS from Syracuse and an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA. Her writing has appeared in Asia Writes, Mused, Outwardlink, Scrambler, and other journals. She now lives and blogs in London. Winter in LisbonBy Ke Huang Variegated lights, a third […]

Maxwell Baumbach’s most recent poem to appear here was Damn It, published as part of Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears. He has a full-length poetry collection due to release in January 2012 by unbound CONTENT. Summer HazeBy Maxwell Baumbach most of this summer is a haze I don’t know if it is because nothing […]

Abigale Louise LeCavalier’s poem The Trail appeared here in April 2011. Small Pieces of PaperBy Abigale Louise LeCavalier Waiting with the fever of anticipation, patience, is not my strong suit. Looking for a letter baring a soul, or an hourglass wrapped in red velvet. The initial rush of pleasant anxious feeling, heart pounding like a piston, down […]

Katrina Guarascio’s most recent poem here was Her Absence, published in January 2011 as third runner-up in the First-Ever vox poetica Poetry Contest. Thank YouBy Katrina Guarascio Thank you for the dance in the lightning storm, for the blowing wind that placed my hair in your eyes, and the shattered glass that bites at bare feet. […]