Julia Hones’ most recent poem to appear here was “Double Nature” (February 2014) Beyond the absurdity of reality By Julia Hones Hands grasp the flicker of a truth. I stand tall facing the sky and the soil, embracing both. Words don’t know how to age; Everything else can crumble and dissolve.
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Go
Go By Katerina Lopez No more I chew up your spit and toss it to the earth I can’t breathe with you So I go No more I roll in the dirt my hands ripped from your mouth I can’t feel with you So I go No more screams my voice is parched so I […]
Divided We Rise
Ross Knapp’s most recent poem to appear here was “A Man on the Metro” (May 2015) Divided we Rise By Ross Knapp Strangely The things that divide The most— Also Unite us utmost As one— Sports, games Religions, worldviews Music, Art, books Even poetry. City Versus Country, politics, Drink, food. All these The most divisive Issues. […]
Mixed Multitude
Mixed Multitude By Marian Moore I am the man who chasing an errant lamb, glimpses the flicker of flame but turns aside to rescue the missing. I return to my flock, wary of wolves in this wilderness. I am the woman who hears a burning melody tumbling from russet leaves. God sings from a cleft […]
Mystery
Molly Frederick’s most recent poem to appear here was “Summer Scene” (June 2016) Mystery By Molly Frederick Moon soft, moon warm, moon seen, moon gone. Moon cold. Moon hard. Moon new. Moon old. Light—in phase and pull— swells, enlarging the night. So too, the human heart.
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