L Ward Abel’s most recent poem to appear here was Self Same (July 2014). Like Kim Novak in “Vertigo” By L Ward Abel she woke covered with sky, and what water there was filled the room where she breathed. The bed kept her for a while longer. The window was open. Then with a force […]
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Contemplating Distance
Joshua Bocher’s poems have appeared at Illuminations, The Germ, Subliminal Interiors, The Brown Literary Review, and A Handful of Stones. Joshua lives with his wife in Somerville MA and he works for public health nonprofit organizations in the Boston area. Contemplating Distance By Joshua Bocher I. I am sitting on a green chair Contemplating distance. My […]
serpent skin gloves
Hope Hearken’s poem Sky Frog appeared here in July 2011 (published under the name Hope Houghton). serpent skin gloves By Hope Hearken serpent skin gloves took away the cold brought me claws and a hate I don’t know bellows from a pit devil carves my name on pale arms of shame and I say good-bye […]
The Day and the Hour
Fredric Koeppel’s most recent publications were poems in The Iowa Review and Many Mountains Moving. He is a freelance journalist specializing in arts and culture. he lives in Memphis and writes the wine review blog BiggerThanYourHead. The Day and the Hour By Fredric Koeppel Someone comes to tell you the day and the hour of […]
Blueberries
John Kaniecki’s most recent poem to appear here was Dandelion (May 2014). Blueberries By John Kaniecki Profoundly round A rolling world Sweet Rapturous Blue as our Earth Minute Never trite So good to gobble Mass producing grins Smiling stained teeth A blue picket fence Pleasure beyond words Can’t get enough Strawberries red with envy If […]
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