Hadley Hury’s most recent poem to appear here was “Dailiness” (October 2016) Following the Moon By Hadley Hury As we watch the seasons pass we try to believe in the rightness of letting go— but what we always want is to keep. Since you first showed me almost three decades ago what happiness could really be, […]
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The Sonnet of Syringa
E.V. Wyler’s most recent poem to appear here was “Arrivals” (October 2016) The Sonnet of Syringa By E.V. Wyler Like the lands of the youthful Euphrates, our fertile flora’s libido is spent while fully blossomed lavender ladies seductively secrete their springtime scent. Legend claims lilacs once thwarted a rape: Those fragrant florets they flirtingly flaunt […]
The Shepherd
Andrew Badger’s most recent poem to appear here was “October” (October 2016) The Shepherd By Andrew Badger Loud sustained tremulous bleats crescendo, when precious lambs and salivating wolf stand eye to eye alerting shepherd and dog. Thus, too, the Good Shepherd guards his flock with utmost care ever mindful of deceitful goats leading the flock on […]
Oblivion
T.S. Hidalgo’s most recent poem to appear here was “Jewish Museum” (October 2016) Oblivion By T.S. Hidalgo Arians, Donatists, Nicolaitans, Severians, Pneumatomachi, Simoniacs, Manichaean, Nazarenes. All of them, and their respective collective legacies, were buried by the foggy passage of time: they disappeared from the archives of History: today are only a footnote on a page. […]
Escape from the Street
Escape from the Street By Cliff Saunders Street of mine, you can find me in the forest when you’re ready for your sweet factory of dirt. I’ll meet you in my sleep. But now I must follow the shepherd of bees into the woods as a new grandson would follow his bliss. You want me, […]
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