Neil Ellman’s most recent poem to appear here was Cover-Ups, published as part of Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags in December 2011. An Excerpt from the Diary of a Man Growing Old: Elegy for ClarabelBy Neil EllmanI guess I’m getting old.I can even remember when HST was President(remember him?)and the cost of a gallon of gascould […]

WK Kortas is an itinerant civil servant living in the wilds of northern Pennsylvania; he lives and works by the maxim “Mediocre means better than some.” Stravinsky 62By WK KortasThere are notions which prove imperviousTo the forces of nature, the whims of politicians and philosophersPerhaps even, in the final analysis, to time itself.Tell me, what […]

Susan Sweetland Garay’s most recent poem to appear here was Past Lives (February 2013). AccumulationBy Susan Sweetland GarayWe both knew thata half empty shelfwould not be at home hereso we go to work filling it. Changing lives so dramaticallymakes it hard to stayin touch with the past. I remember reaching up and outof the chlorinated waterto pull […]

Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Waiting for the bus (February 2013). WinterscapeBy Christopher RoeI have been cold in many places by mountain stream in a darkened dreamthat Winter’s icy breath erases. But New England takes the prize the air is brittle frozen sun littleagainst the frozen tears in the eyes. Matchstick trees naked […]

Holly Day’s most recent poem to appear here was The Poets (February 2013).Where It Comes FromBy Holly Day I watch my cat try to play my guitarand it’s easy to see the cognitive leapaustralopithecines made in crafting harpsout of sinew-strung turtle shellstuned to chance I watch my daughter crawling along the floorto bat at the door stop […]