Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words Words of Life By Bobbie Troy in the furious tide of thoughts words are born erupting like a child from the womb never to be yours again but still having a semblance of you you grow the words and guide them from infancy to maturity then leave them […]

Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words Fame By Ian Gammie There was silver in my jar that I pocketed for a paper. No one reads them these days, but I saw your piece, it said looking for fame. Now I’m swiping plastic cards, stacking up hours to buy broken adventures on turbo engine planes. […]

Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words Sin of Omission By Kim Klugh What needs to be said is that I regret my silence that I did not speak up that I did not say stop breathe take a step back that my courage froze full in my throat so in the end I was just […]

Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words Fission By Ray Sharp Written words are stable atoms, elemental units of meaning that bond in thought molecules, but when we talk we emit radioactive isotopes prone to degradation, hot charges that burn  under the skin. How long is the half-life of a lie? How strong is a […]

Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words The A-Word By Grace Burns anger absolute acrimony acknowledge attack advance Autism The most recent poem by Grace Burns to appear at vox poetica is The Lives of Sister and Brother (July 2010).