Amber Fales is a 32-year-old registered nurse and aspiring poet who lives on Long Island with her fiance and their 3 children.Autumn GardenerBy Amber Fales You are a gardenerkneeling naked in her fieldknuckle-deep in the dirtmetal tools lie cold and stillgrowing rusty red.At this time of yearsome would say you sowlittle more than dead flowers.But […]

Kyle Sevens is a singer/songwriter/poet from Baltimore. In 2009, the universe gave him multiple sclerosis. With that came violent tremors in his right arm and vocal chords. These tremors have made it extremely difficult for him to do what he loves: play music and write poetry. But difficult is not impossible. Kyle learned to write […]

Murray Dunlap’s most recent poem to appear here was For the Love of Lori (October 2012).All Things Fresh and Beautifulfor MollyBy Murray Dunlap When the sun streamed through hairAnd dew sat pensiveI thought, and thoughtOf how I could possibly go.How could I go …  The twilight perched on the shouldersOf a dreamAnd played little mini-melodiesOf walking along […]

Scott Owens’ most recent poem to appear here was The Hard Times to Come (August 2012).Keeping PaceBy Scott Owens I’m slowing down,not because I have to,not because the jointsof my bones take longer to bend,not because rising from bedI’ve become like a crane slowlyunfolding and lifting from water,but because I’ve learnedhow much everything likes to be touched gently, […]