Michael O’Brien lives and writes in New Jersey. Am I Lost By Michael O’Brien I see the new frost As I touch this new land. on the ground. I used to mindlessly mine Am I lost, if for what they said I don’t want to be I should find. The spoils of that found? crime. […]
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As We Walked Home
Dinachi Ikenna Dike is a graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and lives and writes in Lagos. As We Walked Home By Dinachi Ikenna Dike As we walked home, I did not notice the ramshackle stores Facing the school on Baale street Or the people who patronized them. If a bike man sped past, […]
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Brian Eichenlaub’s most recent poem to appear here was “Aphonia” (October 2016) ir·re·deem·a·ble By Brian Eichenlaub Souls shattered, Shards splintered, Horses mounted, Kings gathered, Fingers bloodied, Pieces missing
Lies
John Swetnam’s work has appeared in Proteus, Berkeley Fiction Review, Blast Furnace, Kestrel, Review Americana, and Carnival. He is currently revising a novel set in Guatemala. Lies By John Swetnam Someday, surrounded by lies, I will leave this house we’ve made our own. The children, careful to be optimistic, Will speak with phony certainty of […]
Wishing For Hindsight
Julie Ellinger Hunt’s most recent poem to appear here was Soon. (October 2016) Wishing For Hindsight By Julie Ellinger Hunt I have to use my mind as I walk down the proverbial street. Gritty sidewalks beneath me. Sounds of cities melded, passers-by blurry faces, their skin more like ash than skin. Buildings creep and sway, their […]
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