Erik Wirkkala is an untrained writer who has felt compelled to write his whole life. Until recently he shared his poetry with very few people. He’s ready to open his work up to other eyes and to get feedback so he can become a better and more confident writer. His third grade teacher once told […]

Molly Frederick’s most recent poem to appear here was The End Is Not Near(April 2012).Early SnowBy Molly FrederickThe snow has come too soon.Every blade of living grass wearsa woven white sleevewhile more snow lies atop fallenand un-fallen leaves.The sequence is out of order–odd.Yet beautiful.Over this strange inversion ofprocess, lamplightand porch lightpour shades of goldonto everythingwithin reach.Even […]

Milt Saunders was raised in Hamburg NY. He is an honorably discharged veteran and a retired physician who has spent the last several years trying to get his screenplays and novels published. He is a member of the Poetry, Prose, and Pizza writing group and he serves on the board of directors of the Hampton […]

Simon Perchik is an attorney whose poems have appeared in Partisan Review, The Nation, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. For more information, including free e-books, his essay titled “Magic, Illusion and Other Realities,” and a complete bibliography, visit his website.*By Simon PerchikAs if your death is not yet the same weighttraps count on though you are […]

Jeanette Gallagher’s most recent poem to appear here was Autumn Haiku(December 2012).Jet Crash!Good FridayBy Jeanette GallagherPlane flies low over my roofSudden deafening soundPlane crash–I tell myselfNumb–no fear–listenStillness fills the airDenial–great defenseNo computer–no phoneElectricity goneSmoke seeps under doorLoud knock–policeman informs meMust evacuate–wind–fire comes my wayToxic smoke–cannot stayApartment complex next to condosPlane crashes–buildings burnBreathe smoke–tastes metallicTraffic blocked at […]