Helen Losse’s most recent poem to appear here was Facing One’s Weakness(November 2011). In the fallBy Helen Losse 1. September’s saddle shoesdefine our school days, when it’s still too hotto wear new clothes, but before the month is over,cool wind blows the leaves, now red & golden. 2. October’s Halloweenwill surely bring rain. Dried corn and […]
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Mirrored
Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Night Noises (September 2012).MirroredBy Christopher Roe If you stand just rightbetween two mirrorsyou go on forever. It’s an immortalityof reflected glorysignifying nothing. You becomethe middlemanto infinity. Individual clonesin separate roomsmimic each other. Bouncing off silvered backto silvered backwhere front can see the back. Until you can’t tellif you […]
#11 by Joshua Burton
Joshua Burton’s most recent poem to appear here was #6 (November 2012). #11 By Joshua Burton I shall not die My wings won’t be cut Though my heart needs gravity This bird knows no limitations
A Singular Identity
Frank Cavano’s most recent poem to appear here was Waiting for God, Oh (October 2012).A Singular IdentityBy Frank Cavano A fantasy chasing fantasies, a dreamdreaming–no more than these arewe who trumpet our individuality asif it were a something more than justa fleeting, feverish, picayune illusion. A fantasy made of wish, a dream offearful outcomes posing, ever posingas […]
This Time of Year
Jean McLeod’s most recent poem to appear here was Wishing Home (September 2012).This Time of YearBy Jean McLeod my heart sips grief,less a delugethan a gentle rain.Almost enough are memoriesof heat lightning a thousand miles ago.Who, after all, would stay in Edenwhen there is a wider world?I’ll soon finish carrying this longingclose to my breast, like a precious childpull an […]
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