Dinachi Ikenna Dike’s most recent poem to appear here was “As We Walked Home” (December 2016) The Imaginary Fisherman By Dinachi Ikenna Dike I imagined I was a fisherman by the sea shore Away from the draining bustle of the city In the morning, I am casting my net in the waters At night, I am […]
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The Message of Water
James Piatt’s most recent poem to appear here was “Night Frogs II” (March 2017) The Message of Water By James G. Piatt Awakening to the morning sun glancing off a tranquil pond, I see a softly meandering brook, blue with moisture formed. As I amble down an old deer trail beside the brook covered with glistening […]
Must Return, Heart Sick
Charlene James-Duguid’s most recent poem to appear here was “April’s Fool” (April 2017) Must return, Heart sick Poet, to days begun with Words, life’s salvation
A Poet’s Apology to Words
Max Reif’s most recent poem to appear here was “To My Breakfast: An Ode to the Sense of Taste” (March 2017) A Poet’s Apology to Words By Max Reif Words, you were empty vessels grazing on hillsides, transparent to the sun. I conscripted you and sentenced you to forced marches into no-man’s lands that I called […]
Poet/Tree
Thomas Locicero lives and writes in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Poet/Tree By Thomas Locicero When I was young enough to climb And first enamored with the rhyme, I’d clamber up my willow tree To be alone with poetry, At times atone, at times despair, And other times to disappear. So many opportunities To live whatever words […]
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