Maureen Donatelli’s most recent poem to appear here was Bee Fever (September 2011). October By Maureen Donatelli As evening indigo curtains low bronzed hills, and lights along emptied avenues flicker to cones of cold white life, it comes near to sparkling, to speaking in the wispy rustle of yellow-leafed birches lining the drive, in […]

Michael Ceraolo’s most recent poem to appear here was Bones, published as part of Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone in December 2010. Free Speech Canto XVI By Michael Ceraolo “The gravest threats against our national peace and safety have been uttered within our own borders,” so said the arch-segregationist and alleged progressive Woodrow […]

Robert Cory’s poem Arthur: of Volutsia Street appeared here in September 2011. A Truncated Scrap of History (A memoir) By Robert Cory i. Cramped in the back seat of a ’51 Chevrolet; two, up to 4 layers of garb. (Five hunters all total.) Uncle Steve behind the wheel. Then EJ, Eddie, old John Graue and me plus […]

Rob Krabbe’s most recent poem to appear here was Undone (July 2011). Are you somewhere in autumn yet? Fall’s Ashes By Rob Krabbe When I sit on my porch in my fall rocking chair and I look to the bright heavens, I see pages of summer poems flitting down from the sky. Flames of orange and red, […]

Giovanni Rivera’s poem To Those I Have Lost appeared here in August 2011. Death at Birth By Giovanni Rivera The feeling was quite eerie yet I have no set theories except one: You can’t hide from misery. People lie, cheat, steal, and kill for much less, so yes, I dare to complain. Trading off some other life […]