David Aichele is 24 years old, lives in Phoenix AZ, and considers himself a poet of the streets, an urban philosopher, and modern-day existentialist. His work chronicles the struggles of city life and the ennui of anonymity in a place with millions of people. About this poem David says: “It tells a tale of bittersweet […]

Manny Beltran’s poem The Kiss appeared here in September. This poem explores a universal theme and one that Manny has worked into his visual art as well. untitled VI By Manny Beltran I watch the hours pass So quickly do they turn to days A single moment means nothing As the hands of time progress Months come […]

Brooke Elliott is a student at Bridgewater College in Virginia. This is her first poem published at vox poetica. Malignant By Brooke Elliott The black, bulbous death, This self-disease, Salivates on my young skin, And the swollen cells breed unbidden, And trickle down my leg. Healing leaves scars More vivid than their cause, Dark black […]

Bobbie Troy’s poem, Words of Life, appeared as part of Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words in October 2010. In Bobbie’s own words: “When we hear about the Holocaust, it is usually in terms of millions of people suffering horrible deaths. But some of those people did survive. How did they do it? This poem […]

William C Ross’s poem Word’s Worth appeared as part of Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words in September. As you know from reading his previous writings, William sometimes writes poems using the Dictionary.com word of the day as a prompt. The word that set him to writing this poem was “quixotic.” El Ingenioso Hidalgo By William […]