Jeanette Cheezum’s most recent poem to appear here was “Golden Years” (June 2016) Intoxication By Jeanette Cheezum The tilt of her head made her long hair frame the small of her back. The kiss of the dew tickled her feet. He watched his neighbor smile at the sunrise and scoop up the paper. His mind […]
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This Is Just How It Should Be
G David Schwartz’s most recent poem to appear here was “Wednesday Did Come Again” (October 2012) This Is Just How It Should Be By G David Schwartz This is just how it should be This is how it ought If’n it should be different Well, I must-a forgot
Dreamtime
Dreamtime By Brigitte Grimm Deep sundown. Moon and stars, white shadows in nocturnal sky. Breathe the silence outside. Come sit on the cold cement steps. No need to close your eyes to find darkness; it surrounds. Darkness breeds mirrors. In the stillness and the quiet self cannot be denied. You alone with you content in […]
Old Friends
Hadley Hury’s most recent poem to appear here was “Tenth Anniversary Poem, For A Writer’s Wife” (December 2009) Old Friends By Hadley Hury Sometimes after getting together for dinner Or sometimes for no reason after a long passage of time While pulling clothes from the dryer Or waiting at a red light Or brushing my […]
Belfast
John McKenna’s most recent poem to appear here was “An Account of the first of Summer’s Muse: releasing the spell of the secular she that came before her” (May 2016) Belfast By John McKenna I. “Do you remember quick sunny summer Belfast, johnny?” “Now, do you?” I remember racing metal bike peddles like mad when 6 […]
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