Jay Douglas writes poetry. The ButterflyBy Jay Douglas An exotic butterfly of richest hueFloated down and settled on my outstretched hand.She lingered for a few breathless heartbeats fanning her precious wingsAnd lifted me so very high. Then she fluttered lightly away. Was there ever a moment so completely beautiful but senselessly brief? I remember it […]
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The Road to Cemetery Road
AJ Huffman’s most recent post to appear here was The Beauties of the Named Land (May 2013). The Road to Cemetery RoadBy AJ Huffman starts with a tube full of embalmingfluid, ends with a fistful of dirt fallingover coffin, satin-lined. I wastrip-ticked somewhere in between by threeghosts waiting for me at the foot of a bedI don’t […]
Longest Light
Lynn Ciesielski is a former special education teacher. She has an MS from SUNY Buffalo and taught in city schools for more than 18 years. Since she retired she has devoted most of her time to her family and her writing. Her first chapbook, I Speak in Tongues, was released by Foothills Publishing in 2012. Her work […]
At Zero
Douglas Polk’s most recent poem to appear here was Anxiety Renewed (May 2013). At ZeroBy Douglas Polk existence yet to be defined,the perfect state,the essence of purity,nirvana,at zero,the moment creation takes place,the universe began,a thought developed and made our own,at zero,a frightening place to be.
The Price
Kyle Newman writes poetry. The PriceBy Kyle Newman Progress turns in reverse, westen civilizationunraveling the grand romance of its words. Little Boy and Fat Man slurp skywardinto the cavity of each B-29.Sooty women and children backpedalthrough factory gates as the sundips in the east. Fifty million Africans,chained in two-by-six racksbeneath the deck,retreat across the Atlantic. […]
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