Sydney Blondell’s most recent poem to appear here was “I am . . .” (July 2019). Ninth Grade By Sydney Blondell Hospital beds, taking medication, and failed IV sticks sums up life at 15. Having friends, going to parties, and study sessions were distant dreams. Traveling all across the state to see new specialists and […]
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Rain
Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam era and is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada. Today, he is a poet, freelance writer, amateur photographer, and small business owner in Itasca, Illinois. Mr. Johnson published in more than 1072 new publications, his poems have appeared in 38 countries, he […]
Eye for an Eye
Gale Acuff’s most recent poem to appear here was “Poverty” (June 2019). Eye for an Eye By Gale Acuff My mother’s lying on the bed. Dying. The world ended when you were born, she says. Think about it. She loses consciousness, a sort of false death. At least she’s honest. So I think about it. Perhaps she […]
Clarity
Frank Adams’ most recent poem to appear here was “Lessons Learned” (March 2019). Clarity By Frank Adams Because he knew snakes live in the grass/ he did not go outside and because planes fall from the sky/ he would not fly he lived entangled in centuries of dead ancestors/ howling at the moon/ calling out […]
secrets
Jacob Greb lives and writes in Toronto, Canada. secrets By Jacob Greb voyage of secrets in the tombstones of my eyes the dam that keeps the crashing waves from flooding there is no trickle as a hostage taken into obscurity, taped and ravaged that noose that’s holding my life unable to spill the truth the […]
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