Shhhhhhhhhhhhh. By Pamela Sinicrope Silence surrenders to singing chickadees and chittering squirrels who circle up the closest elm before landing on an evergreen. Chestnut rot wafts through the window, permeating like a cooling apple pie that signals Autumn’s start. The sparkling sun can be heard in a sparrow’s call octaves above human hums. Senses mix, […]
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on cold, brilliant mornings
on cold, brilliant mornings By Holly Holt on cold, brilliant mornings, when the world is waking, your words blanket me, born with a soul of Sundays too wise beyond my years; something of autumn rests in your eyes— as if you’ve seen forever by teetering on the edge where many fear falling; you are old […]
Even in the dark
Simon Perchik’s most recent poem to appear here was Not lace—a saucer (August 2016) * Even in the dark your shadow is slipping away covering the floor with rain and what’s saved once the night overflows—hold me! put a stop to arms that are not arms no longer can close the door from so far off, nothing though you cling to a board that has no […]
Heaven on Earth
Marc Carver’s most recent poem to appear here was “Four Men in the Pub” (August 2016) Heaven on Earth By Marc Carver I end up in the park Look at the birds and flowers and women I sit on Terry Thomas’ bench He was loved by all and now he is a bench. Everything in the […]
That Little Girl
Jeanette Cheezum’s most recent poem to appear here was “Memories” (August 2016) That Little Girl By Jeanette Cheezum With strands of blond hair, big green eyes and pudgy cheeks; a two year old was left to live in Grandma’s kitchen. She bathed in the big sideboard porcelain sink and slept on a roll-a-way bed in the […]
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