Ilona Martonfi’s most recent poem to appear here was “Elegy for Apu” (July 2018). The stone people of Pompeii By Ilona Martonfi Stealing its daylight ash cools, solidifies begins to fall scoria, pumice lapilli buried under Vesuvius some lie crawling along cobbles some sit against tufa walls others hold each other among stubble of fig […]
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A New Day
John Alter lives and writes in Port Republic, Maryland. A New Day By John Alter A new day is not unlike starting a new poem in a form you are only now discovering although you have long perhaps imagined yourself writing in this style with this tone. You imagine that the small birds and the […]
Frida Kahlo’s Leg
Julieta Corpus’ most recent poem to appear here was “O’Keeffe: Intimacies of the Heart” (July 2016). Frida Kahlo’s Leg By Julieta Corpus Loving hands submerge me Into a small tub filled With warm, walnut water. Her mother’s home remedy For polio, a temporary salve Staving off flesh pried open To reveal a fiery canal Of […]
Sorrow
Lee Woodman’s most recent poem to appear here was “One Touched Me on the Shoulder” (November 2018). Sorrow By Lee Woodman Loud bump outside my apartment window— a common city pigeon returns repeatedly. Twigs, straw, leaves take shape of a saucer, dotted with downy feathers from her underbelly. What’s to admire about this creature on […]
Sunset After Storm
Susan Gabbay’s most recent poem to appear here was “Aging” (September 2018). Sunset After Storm By Susan Gabbay Cats had gone to ground Under the bed with thunder’s first roll. Sky grew dark High wind tossed the trees Rain sheeted down. After the storm was over Clouds were lit With an eerie sunset glow Of […]
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