John Harper is a graduate of the Writer’s Workshop at Iowa and has published his poetry in literary journals like Diagram, Mid-American Poetry Review, Cutbank, Spinning Jenny, and Zoland Poetry. He was a book finalist with Four Way Books and has a chapbook called Peek-a-Boo Terrain. Caption for My Life By John Harper do i sing well enoughinto […]
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Desert Dreamtime
Moriah LaChapell’s poem Her Perfume appeared here in February 2011. Desert Dreamtime By Moriah LaChapell Lyingin a pink bedI hear the callof a desert owlsoft and lowon a blue velvetevening. On such a nightdreams are sacredand memoriesremain lucidlong afterthe years passand the wallsare painted whitewhen the brunettebeauty goes to college.
Stravinsky 62
WK Kortas is an itinerant civil servant living in the wilds of northern Pennsylvania; he lives and works by the maxim “Mediocre means better than some.” Stravinsky 62By WK KortasThere are notions which prove imperviousTo the forces of nature, the whims of politicians and philosophersPerhaps even, in the final analysis, to time itself.Tell me, what […]
Orlando
Diane Sciacchitano’s poem Next Station appeared here in February 2013. Orlando By Diane Sciacchitano There he sitsSharing a smile with anyone who greets him.I navigate the long rows of tables and then–I stop.His eyes shine as he looks at me.“So happy to see you once again!”His face lights up.He apologizes for forgetting my name.I listen while he […]
Yet Wave
Ray Sharp’s most recent poem to appear here was Cats (December 2012). Yet Wave By Ray Sharp We fly the mythof our eternal happinesswith the fabricof American flags still standing on the moonappearing to wavein the steady breezeof a near-totalabsence of air.
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