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Ludwig & Vincent

11.14.13 Posted in today's words by

Afzal Moolla’s poem Remember Us appeared here in May 2012. Ludwig & Vincent By Afzal Moolla What inspired you to write your 9th?” Vincent asks Ludwig. “Madness, dear Vincent. Distilled, concentrated madness.” “Wasn’t it madness that drove you to sketch starry nights above a sea of irises?” Ludwig asks Vincent. “Madness, Ludwig. Madness of the […]


Escape

11.13.13 Posted in today's words by

Abbie Johnson Taylor’s most recent poem to appear here was Bill’s Hands (February 2013). Escape By Abbie Johnson Taylor I used to dream of flying up, up, up, away to a land where problems didn’t exist where all lived in peace and harmony. Hands raised skyward, I jumped, flapped legs and arms, propelled myself higher, […]


Ethereal Morning Awakening

11.12.13 Posted in today's words by

Gregory Gunn’s most recent poem to appear here was Summer Redundancy With Added Pleonasm (July 2013). Ethereal Morning Awakening By Gregory Gunn Today the flock of clouds have somehow sheared me fleecily off from the assembly of sheep in the city below. Feathered am I at 29 thousand feet, like an imagined deity far above […]


The Other Boys of Summer

11.11.13 Posted in today's words by

John McKenna’s most recent poem to appear here was The White Horse (New Amsterdam on Hudson) (December 2012). The Other Boys of Summer By John J McKenna Buk, like Hemingway, was a big personality and machismo one from the LA Bowery the other, from wished and wandered Pamplona one, in ill-fitting baggy boxers, chinos, and […]


In a Diner in America Circa 1956

11.10.13 Posted in today's words by

Stephanie Nikolopoulos’ writing has appeared in BOMBlog, The Brooklyn Rail, Burnside Writers Collective, Gothamist, The Literary Traveler, The Millions, and other publications. She has also written introductions to classic reissues of Teddy Roosevelt’s Hunting the Grisly and Isabella Bird’s A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, as well as the Magna Graecia section for Benet’s […]


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