This poem shows how fine is the line between remembering and imagining. My Mother in Maine By Nijla Mumin Every time my mother cooks fish, she tells stories– how her mother preferred sole to flounder, grandma’s hands caked with cornmeal as Mahalia Jackson testified through song. Catfish was a cardinal sin, too slimy but snapper […]

Jasper Ballard keeps it short and to the point this time. And time is precious to a man who spends as much of it as possible on mission. Jasper’s last poem here was Those Three Words.  Time By Jasper Ballard Always moving Relentlessly Fleeting Inevitable end awaits Cherish, Savor Sacred Time

Michelle King lives in England and has written for fun all her life but only just started submitting work for publication. This is her first published poem. To read more of her fiction visit her site. People watching is an excellent use of time for a writer. It takes the work out of character study and […]

Lori Izykowski is the single mother of an almost-driving teen living in Fredericksburg VA and working at the University of Mary Washington as Office Manager for Advancement and University Relations. Poetry lets her express emotions that are “stuck” inside her. She wrote this poem “in frustration over the oil spill [in the Gulf].” To learn […]