Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae Long Division By Rae Spencer Long have humans sought conflict Rejected each other With words that maim community Barriers buried in pronouns Enmeshed in massive groups of they He and she live apart from you and I He follows a spiritual path Into places you cannot understand And she lives […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae Sisterhood of the Butterfly By Jeanette Cheezum I release a balloon and a butterfly to find my sisters wherever they are. To bring them strength, love, and maturity in times of happiness and sorrow. I cherish you sisters go fly and be free. Jeanette Cheezum’s poetry appeared at vox poetica in 2009 […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae A Hungry Wife By Cassie Premo Steele 1. The joy I feel when I touch your hip in the dark is the knowledge that my body is bread and you can eat this simple meal and be satisfied. 2.  Taste the time we have together. It is not long. Nothing […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae Identity By Chris G Vaillancourt I have been  my father’s son; my mother’s son; my grandparents’ grandson; my sister’s brother; my wife’s husband; my children’s father. I have been a child; a student; a poet; an artist; a teacher; a parent; a labourer; an employee; a social insurance number. Now […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae My Identity By James G Piatt Who are you The beautiful poetess asked Seeking to peek inside my soul I am that which is unknown even To myself I tell her I am yesterday and tomorrow I am happiness and sorrow I am the son of my father And the […]