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Wise Gardener

04.26.12 Posted in words to linger on by

KK Singh’s most recent poem to appear here was Uncertain gift (February 2012).Wise GardenerBy KK SinghForsake this overgrowthNegative memories and thoughtsGreedy weedsRelentless insatiable creaturesStrangle what you attempt to cultivateOnce rich soil sappedOf all nourishmentThe wise gardener willReach without hesitationWith unsparing fingersDig out these interlopersOne wisp can give rise to a crop of miseryRake out the bitter remainsThey […]


The End Is Not Near

04.23.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Molly Frederick’s most recent poem to appear here was Brown-Eyed Susans (January 2012). The End Is Not NearBy Molly Frederick Even the last word is not the last word. This morning’s blizzard seemedeternal.But–abruptly–having nothing moreto say, it stopped:A last word? Soon a stiff brown leaf skipped past,turning perfect cartwheels acrossthe snow’s pristine surface.finally coming to a jittery halt:Its […]


567903ASDW

04.19.12 Posted in words to linger on by

A reformed photographer born in Wichita Falls TX, Nathaniel S Rounds writes from Halifax, Nova Scotia.567903ASDWBy Nathaniel S RoundsI painted a portrait of an angry squirrel on pastry clothAnd stretched it over a tepee frameWhich I stationed in my neighbour Anne’s backyardAnd mounted a telescope at the topSo Anne and I could eat honey and […]


Where Poetry Exists

04.16.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Brian Fanelli’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Harpur Palate, Evening Street Review, The Portland Review, Boston Literary Magazine, Blue Lotus Review, Inkwell Journal, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Chiron Review, and other publications. He is the author of the chapbook Front Man and his first full-length collection is forthcoming in 2013 from unbound CONTENT. Brian also writes poetry reviews for PANK and […]


Saving Jesus

04.12.12 Posted in words to linger on by

As founding editor of Many Voices Press, Lowell Jaeger compiled Poems Across the Big Sky, an anthology of Montana poets, and New Poets of the American West, an anthology of poets from 11 western states. His third collection of poems, Suddenly Out of a Long Sleep (Arctos Press 2009) was a finalist for the Paterson Award. His fourth collection, WE (Main […]


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