Paul Goldberg’s most recent poem to appear here was The queen turns thirteen (August 2012). The hyphenated marriage(for all newly hyphenated marriages)By Paul Goldberg Agatha Walker Cardoon Delight married Thomas T. Fredrick Zigler tonight.Who could imagine what their name would be? Would it start with an A and end with a Z?Who would they be and how would […]

James McGurk’s most recent poem to appear here was Ten Minute Morning 3:30 am (October 2012).CancerBy James McGurkIt lingered For how long Days Hours Years Perhaps At first breath At first smell Or when The eyes opened For first light Or Did it follow The umbilical Straight to eyes In their first light And Gather in first […]

Alan Britt’s most recent poem to appear here was Last Call (October 2012).Survivors(for the residents of Joplin MO and Denning AR)By Alan BrittIt started, Margaret said, as a low growl oozingfrom a bloodhound’s gloomy nose, weavingsoybean, cotton & cornfields, elbowing churches, schools & shopping centersfrom their foundations before the wallsof her clapboard house began to tremble;then shingles flew, […]

Martin Willitts Jr’s poem The Man With Wheels in His Head appeared here in September 2012.Van Gogh’s Ear(based on the painting Self Portrait, by Van Gogh, 1889)By Martin Willitts Jr * There are two conflicting stories as to how Van Gogh lost his ear.The famous one is he cut it off and gave it to a prostitute.The […]

Joshua Brewer recently won a poetry contest which published his poem on a bus where advertisements usually appear. He was book review editor for Yemassee for 2 years, co-edited a number of Sargasso issues, and also edited something called Scivias, though he does not specialize in publications with aberrant names. After 10 years of teaching […]