A product of the 1960s and 70s, Michael Copeland was raised in the rust belt of the Midwest in central Ohio. His loving family and rocky early years formed his view of life as it swirled around him. He began writing poetry as a way to deal with inner feelings, as a personal diary. From […]

Kate LaDew is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a BA in studio art. She resides in Graham NC with her cat, Charlie Chaplin. She is currently working on her first novel.madeline’s garden of ashesBy Kate LaDewtumbled into the backyard barbecue,  pink people rushed into green tiled kitchens    the […]

Karen Jakubowski’s poem Intro to Blues appeared here in April 2012.Muse’s OdeBy Karen JakubowskiAccolades of appreciation granted to the musewith the scant silver crescent wreathencircling his scalp like my grandmother’s Capuchin monk salt and pepper shakerswhich lived in her china closetgracing us at the Sunday dinner table.Though this particular irreverent muse,grander in staturewith waning posture, slowlystooping toward the […]

Lowell Jaeger’s most recent poem to appear here was Saving Jesus (April 2012).She’s Wet Her PantsBy Lowell Jaeger … and I’m the only soulthey’ve been able to reachon my granddaughter’sschool emergency call list.Okay, I’m on my way,I tell the school secretary.I’m secretly gladto lock my office doorand escape hours earlyinto the cold sunshineon fresh snow. Worried too,about the […]

William Ryan Hilary has had poems published in Junk, 40oz Bachelors, The Wilderness Review, and Aquirelle’s print anthology, Poets Amongst Us III. His prose has been published in The Midway Review. Bless them all for having him. Ryan studied English at Vassar, where he was accepted into the competitive Senior Composition program. In other words, […]