Maureen Donatelli’s poem Fractions appeared here in January. Maureen gives us a sense for her range with this expansive poem today. An Agoraphobic’s Worry Beads By Maureen Donatelli Oh, but the sky is a quarrel of tongues flashing metallic light. It has come on slow, sifting through the heavy laden hand of afternoon, blue breathing out clouds, […]

Sean Butner’s most recent poem to appear here was Under Orion. This poem is visual, full of images and emotion. The City Paints My Sky By Sean Butner The city paints my sky– With the orange glow of mercury lights, A slight pink tint is added to the night. On the bottoms of gray-wool childhood clouds […]

Robert CJ Graves’ most recent appearance here was in the form of Monsters. The monster in this poem is of a very different sort than the ones he wrote about in the previous one. This monster is one we writers can recognize if we look in the mirror. Me, the Monster By Robert CJ Graves You […]

Ray Succre is an undergraduate currently living on the southern Oregon coast with his wife and son. His poems have been published in journals such as Aesthetica, Poets and Artists, and Pank as well as in many others internationally. His novels Tatterdemalion (2008) and Amphisbaena (2009), both through Cauliay, are widely available in print. Other Cruel Things (2009), an online collection of poetry, is available […]

Nancy Sobokta writes us a poem that questions and wonders. Opening Up By Nancy Sobotka Thoughts keep going back to you the coming together was instantaneous quite unnaturally natural in some respects it was a soulful awakening that caught me off guard one that has opened a yearning pool of wanting fear is a terrible […]