Maureen Donatelli’s most recent poem to appear here was Woeful Are the Clumsy Who Chase Inspiration (November 2011). 13By Maureen Donatelli And my world lurched, a fractured mess, all grey.Such an easy falling off: cop-out grey, lax grey, depression grey, dead grey. For a pained, shy girl, another mistaken notion–to find othersstuck in the same new mess; […]

Jeanette Gallagher’s most recent poem to appear here was Timeless (July 2012). My Extraordinary GiftBy Jeanette Gallagher On an ordinary summer morningOn my pier in Linkhorn Bay, I prepareto go crabbing–a ritual I often perform.While I tie string to rail and lower bait into bayI am overcome with a sudden ecstasy. A shift in consciousness compels me […]

Kevin Ridgeway’s most recent poem to appear here was Guest Room (April 2012). For Minnie (1909-2009)By Kevin Ridgeway Where will you gowith your wrinkledwisdom,your century old spark,your down on yourhands and kneescleaning the floorand the soulsbravado,your geniusat holding eachchild andknowingwhat lurks behindthoseeyesspinningstories Where will you gowhen you’ve beaten it outof every enemy,hugged everyloved onebreathlessand told themevery last thingyou mean Where will you gowhen you dieare […]

Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Once upon a primal scream, published as part of Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays in July 2012. Isn’t That What the Night Is For?By Christopher Roe Collected thoughts in a thick, red bookthe rhythm of my life written downhoping it has some significance,some importance, to someoneand so […]

Kathryn Tate Jacoby’s most recent poem to appear here was Bittersweet (March 2011). Paradigm ShiftBy Kathryn Tate Jacoby As birthdays goI thought my fiftiethwould be traumatic but it wasn’t at all … everyone kept sayingthey thought I was forty. “I feel like thirty, but I’ll take it,”is what I said. Funny how we countthe chronological yearswe’ve lived […]