Harris Tobias’ most recent poem to appear here was Birthdays, published as part of Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays, in June 2012.I Thought I Heard the MoonBy Harris Tobias Last night I heard the clouds scrape across the skyWhat a ragged sound they made, loudLike a rake on frozen groundIt made me want to stop and […]
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Los Angeles During the Fires
Colin Dodds grew up in Massachusetts and completed his education at The New School in New York City. Norman Mailer wrote that Dodds’ novel The Last Bad Job showed “something that very few writers have; a species of inner talent that owes very little to other people.” Dodds’ novels What Smiled at Him and Another Broken Wizard have been widely acclaimed […]
Imago
De Jackson lives in Nevada and has written work that has appeared in such journals as Tuck, Curio, Red River Review, The Camel Saloon, and others.ImagoBy De JacksonWhat of flutter?She can morph and mimic her wayinto next Tuesday,funnel tortoise slowhoneydew smileinto fast fragrant frownssit downand crochet her ownsurgical transcriptionsloose unfoldedvulnerable before predatorand priest, at leastshe’s honest.Heart dry,she can […]
This Radiant Boy
Steven Minchin’s most recent poem to appear here was St Vitus’ Dance (December 2012).This Radiant BoyBy Steven Minchin If you were here would we break our necks at the back?Make neon the new blindness–everything light, purple and pink as it surrounds our eyes–one set across popcorn intersectionsfixed on the concrete streamers suspended from the sky The stiff […]
Trees Upside Down
Jim Kuperstein’s poem The CPSC Entry appeared here in December 2012.Trees Upside DownBy Jim Kuperstein Lean way back and tilt your head‘Til you can feel the sand tickling your hairSee trees upside downWarp your perspectiveDizzying and slightly unsettlingSwing with your five year old daughterSing silly songsand laugh
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