Tin Can Plane post Laos By Elise Rockart Gathering shades of green over ropy muscles of land, mountains, great scars and spines of the earth stand cloaked in morning steam. They cradle clay houses, cradle rivers, streams, roads like children, like the tiny brown hand of a little Lao boy. He leans over the stone […]
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You come by as if this dirt was once
Simon Perchik’s most recent poem to appear here was “You button this shirt” (October 2016) * You come by as if this dirt was once the ceiling, thankful on small apartments though these dead at the last minute open the doors alone and from each room the great cry already smells from rock and avalanche –you listen for flowers though these […]
Triumph of Hate
H.F. Stein’s most recent poem to appear here was “Planetary” (November 2016) Triumph of Hate By Howard F. Stein “Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold.” WB Yeats, “The Second Coming” Hate has set love to flight and hiding; arms of affection, too frightened to reach out toward vulnerable embrace shrivel inward. Plains Indians staged raids […]
On the Marsh
Molly Frederick’s most recent poem to appear here was “November Night” (November 2016) On the Marsh By Molly Frederick Wild ducks, dark silhouettes, swim at ease on water’s sepia brimming. Silky satin surfaces smooth the way for softly paddling feet. From the only tree in sight, a solitary rust-edged hawk watches small bodies carve abstract patterns […]
Train Wreck
Bobbie Troy’s most recent poem to appear here was “Never Enough Time to Write” (October 2016) Train Wreck By Bobbie Troy you’re on the train without a ticket all it took was an egg and some sperm so look out the windows and enjoy the scenery because you never know when the train wreck will happen
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