Michael T. Smith lives and writes in LaFayette, Indiana. Emily Dickinson’s Dashes By Michael T. Smith I mean – oh my – “He aven” God! Have you read a poem by – Emily Dickinson? It’s like she’s the almighty Typographer. With dashes more important than Punctuation – or word choice. She – Clearly one without […]
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Transformation
Jenny Julind’s most recent poem to appear here was “Wrapping Your Mind in Paper” (November 2017). Transformation By Jenny Julind Transformation Does not turn your car Into a dinosaur But turns you Into a person More real To normal eyes You will look The same But shifting slowly From matter To awe There is A […]
I Turn to Paper
Alita Pirkopf’s most recent poem to appear here was “Another Miller’s Daughter” (March 2019). I Turn to Paper By Alita Pirkopf I suit the light, dry wind that blows me, paperlike and dead, though it is spring and flowers in others’ yards are bright. Type, write, one might lose oneself outside of time, in words. […]
Meeting
Bill Blankenship’s most recent poem to appear here was “Little Fireflies” (January 2019). Meeting By Bill Blankenship When evening falls I want to go calling But she sneaks ’round to me Never shall we publicly meet But rather secretly Two lovers Single No ties to others Yet It can never be That we shall meet […]
No Metaphor
J.B. Hogan’s most recent poem to appear here was “Jim Finerty Died” (March 2019). No Metaphor By J.B. Hogan There’s no metaphor here, no attempt at poetic music. There’s no syllable count, no rhyme scheme. This is about loss and pain, not beauty or art. This is Van Morrison singing everything you do reminds me […]
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