Richard J O’Brien was born in New Jersey and currently lives in Pennsylvania. He recently completed his MFA in creative writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Richard served in the army before the Berlin Wall came down and later went to Rutgers University, earning a BA in English. Earlier this year he participated in the Tupelo […]
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Ten-Year Anniversary
Nick Talent marks a particular anniversary. Ten-Year Anniversary By Nick Talent Ten years of listening to the smack of her tongue spitting “Sweetie,” after a scorching tirade. Today she’ll listen to the click of the door closing on the past, the 10 long years I won’t get back.
Now
James Owens shares the mystery of gravity, and memory, and paradise. Now By James Owens 1. Summer twilights when the earth twirled away from the monster sun, we stretched on the lip of a grassy hillside, poised for one sweet moment of daring any force to pull us down– and pushed off, unleashing the wild […]
35 Months
Jasmina Tacheva was born and raised in Bulgaria but has been residing in Buffalo NY for the past 3 years. She is the author of one book of poetry, Nespodelenost (Unrequited in Bulgarian) and the coauthor of a book of fiction, The Legacy of Lysimachus. She edits the online literary journals Public Republic and Absinthe-Minded, […]
On Wisdom
Laura Zucca-Scott always shares a poem and leaves us with a thought. On Wisdom By Laura Zucca-Scott They say age brings wisdom I don’t know A child forgives A child loves A child can hurt But seeks to heal If we were wise We would stay little And live for the moment Laughter in our […]
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