James Owens’ poem Now appeared here in October 2013. dwell By James Owens again, these robins! –gathering straw from that nest I pulled down last year
It's just poetry, it won't bite
No Guns on Streets, Part II
Katya Bitar’s poem No Guns on Streets, Part II appeared here in June 2014. No Guns on Streets, Part II By Katya Bitar There are no guns on streets, they are in police officers’ pockets, we are told to trust them There are no guns on streets, they are in Wal-Mart, being sold to the […]
Look It Up
Howie Good’s most recent poem to appear here was Do Wa Ditty (A Love Song) (November 2009). Look It Up By Howie Good A list. The 10 most frequently looked up words on Merriam-Webster.com in the past 24 hours. Love is No. 3. No. 4 is irony.
Simulacrum
Nicole Yurcaba’s most recent poem to appear here was There Is a Zabava (June 2014). Simulacrum (for Marichka) The black and white, sixty-some year old photograph blares against the bedroom wall’s whiteness. Prababusya Marichka stares at me, and I return her brown-eyed gaze. I say, “Pryvit, temni ochi” (Hello, dark eyes). “We peasant women,” I […]
My Sister Mary
Andrew Badger’s most recent poem to appear here was Creation (June 2014). My Sister Mary By Andrew Badger Had God granted her three score ten, she’d have blessed me with brother-in-law nieces and nephews. But Mary never sat in a college class, never wrote a thesis, never decided to protest Viet Nam or civil rights […]
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