Rob Krabbe’s most recent appearance here was with Bye, Bye Blackbird. His poem tonight is not exactly a narrative, not exactly a persona piece. Pretty good, right? The Next Time I DieBy Rob Krabbe This is one hell of a great cemetery. One of the best. People stay dead here. Deep within the well kept walls […]

  Maxwell Baumbach’s poem Snack-rifice was published as part of Contributor Series 8: Feast and Famine. He is, of course, more. He is an accomplished poet, the editor of Heavy Hands Ink, and a very driven young man who tells us what he’s more than but doesn’t limit our imagination.More By Maxwell Baumbach I am […]

Dee Thompson writes about love and family and she writes with a range of emotion. After you read this poem, read Rescue and see how well she uses humor in her poetry. Seasoning By Dee Thompson It’s the dying time, naked, dry ground, desiccated worms, twigs scattered like corpses– Cold seeps into every corner– Remember the recent […]

Harlan D Whatley teaches at the School of International Studies at Huanghe S&T College in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. He has directed, produced, and written award-winning documentaries filmed around the world and screened at various festivals. HD’s short stories and poetry have appeared at Golden Isles Magazine, Birmingham Arts Journal, Heavy Hands Ink, Papercut, Poets for Living Waters, Warwick Unbound, and Word Salad. He […]

Edwin Arce II, a jeweler specializing in rare metals and gems, has recently returned to his business and home in Binghamton NY from a year-long sabbatical in Seville, Spain, where he studied the elegant art of bullfighting. Says Edwin: “It was my dream to bring the beauty of the bullfight somehow back to Binghamton … […]