Nicole Yurcaba’s most recent poem to appear here was Cowgirl in the rain (June 2012). Where are all the poems?By Nicole Yurcaba The carefully syllabled haiku penned one arctic January afternoon, post-squirrel hunting? A metered March sonnet written frantically following fevered lovemaking on the farm pond’s fresh greenness? The bob-and-wheel (penciled mid-August), mimicking a decrepit tractor’s  sluggish […]

Terri Kirby Erickson’s poem K&W appeared here in July 2012. Trash ManBy Terri Kirby Erickson Back in the days when everything seemed miraculousand permanent, people kept metal garbage cansin their backyards instead of the plastic ones we wheelevery Wednesday now, to the curb. So when the trashtruck came squealing into the neighborhood, it stoppedon our street and […]

Terri Kirby Erickson’s poem K&W appeared here in July 2012. Trash ManBy Terri Kirby Erickson Back in the days when everything seemed miraculousand permanent, people kept metal garbage cansin their backyards instead of the plastic ones we wheelevery Wednesday now, to the curb. So when the trashtruck came squealing into the neighborhood, it stoppedon our street and […]

Jimmie A Kepler is a poet, freelance writer, and book reviewer. His poems appear in The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Writing After Fifty, and Poetry & Prose eMagazine. His nonfiction has appeared in various journals. He is a contributing book reviewer for Front Row Lit Magazine. Visit his blog. Urban PigeonsBy Jimmie A Kepler White cloudsfill the […]

John J McKenna’s most recent poem to appear here was Did I miss a whisper (October 2011). WishBy John J McKenna Wish misplaced? left by youatop the bright yellowcrumb scattered,lemonade spill sticky stillcorners tapedplastic-paper birthday table cloth Wish,no longer whisperedin sprite sparkle lightradiant giggle girl glee no longer italicizedby your beautiful then bright blinking gem eyeswide pop […]