Nicole Yurcaba’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Pale Goth’s Father Watches the German Hornbach Paint Commercial” (March 2017) The Pale Goth’s Mother Compliments The Pale Goth By Nicole Yurcaba You’re like a piece of art, carefully pieced together, designed to provoke questions. Sometimes I don’t understand. Thanks, Mom. I’m not sure […]
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Marked
Ralph Monday’s most recent poem to appear here was “Light and Love” (October 2016) Marked By Ralph Monday The first tattoo was a death head stitched into my left ass cheek after I had sex in a graveyard. Number two came after a binge a few years later: Patsy Cline on my right forearm so I […]
Acting at the Ice Cream Parlor
Hadley Hury’s most recent poem to appear here was “Following the Moon” (November 2016) Acting at the Ice Cream Parlor By Hadley Hury In mid-afternoon there are no other people about, and he sits as anyone might on a hot day at one of the three or four tables, each shaded by its big umbrella, alongside […]
94 Bus, Sunland, Los Angeles
Erren Gerraud Kelly’s most recent poem to appear here was “Sugar Maple Leaf . . . after the photography by Alexis Doshas” (March 2017) 94 Bus, Sunland, Los Angeles By Erren Gerraud Kelly Black widow on the 94 bus she’s a rock and roll punk goddess a goth angel, clad in black from head to toe […]
Nature Boy
Nancy Scott McBride’s most recent poem to appear here was “Going Home” (February 2017) Nature Boy By Nancy Scott McBride That’s what we used to call him, because he spent all his time outdoors, walking the woods and wading the streams of our little suburban town. He kept turtles in the bathtub and had a pet […]
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