David Reuter’s most recent poem to appear here was “Contrail” (June 2019). Saturday Afternoon Hero By David Reuter The lines stood menacing, without hoods, preferring painted helmets to shroud their darkened heads. Before the brutal roar, I heard the rustle and smack of padded frames, rats on a shredded canvas. They loped in droning motions, […]
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Blizzard
Nancy Scott McBride’s most recent poem to appear here was “Road Kill” (June 2019). Blizzard By Nancy Scott McBride Snow had fallen all night. In the long December dark it had drifted steadily down and settled it’s stillness on the town. Like gauze it had wrapped everything in sight, muffling sound and ruffling outline, disturbing […]
For Robin Williams
Thomas Locicero’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Death Song of Us” (July 2019). For Robin Williams By Thomas Locicero It is a challenging balance, To be or to not be, and the Soul has something to say in this Matter; bodiless, though it is, Its urging is to protect the Mind, and […]
What’s Your Brand of Loneliness?
Dianne Deloren’s most recent poem to appear here was “My Life” (June 2019). What’s Your Brand of Loneliness? By Dianne Deloren What’s your brand of loneliness? Do you wear it like a tall, silly Cat-in-the-Hat style hat, Hoping no one will notice? (Or hoping maybe someone will?} Or do you wear it like a trick […]
Happy Birthday Manse Lipscomb
Nels Hanson’s most recent poem to appear here was “Road and Flower” (January 2019). Happy Birthday Manse Lipscomb By Nels Hanson Today, July 30th, 2017, celebrating your birth in Texas near Navasota in 1895, a Facebook page ran old black and white clip of you picking wood blues guitar, a closed jackknife for a bottleneck, […]
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