Danny P Barbare resides in Greenville SC. He works as a janitor at a local YMCA. His poetry has appeared at numerous online and print journals including The Santa Barbara Review, Parting Gifts, Segue, Sojourn, Christianity and the Arts, and Writing Ulster. Danny has been writing poetry off and on for 31 years. He attends classes at […]

Karen Jakubowski’s most recent poem to appear here was Rebirth (August 2012). Voice Within RaindropsBy Karen Jakubowski Worry is a trapped mothpinging against a lampshade. Lightning sizzles;there’s clamor in the clouds. Nature determines distractions.But frenzy and anguish are only masks symbols of humanity’s rage. Believethe voice within raindrops splashing against the window.Lullaby soothes deep-seated fear hidden beneath […]

AJ Huffman’s most recent poem to appear here was Virtual Romance (September 2012). Be More GratefulBy AJ Huffman Objectively wonderful. You’d thinkI’d count my blessings daily. But no.I’m too focused on forgets.A ginger-haired genius surveying my kingdom.Why? “The How of Happiness” (a poisonous plant).Proven: It’s the writing that makes a difference.This hokey idea, I grudgingly started a […]

Abbie Johnson Taylor’s poem The Day My Husband Had a Stroke appeared here in July 2012. CancerBy Abbie Johnson Taylor It started with a lingering pain.X-rays were taken,fluid found in her lungs.“It’s cancer,” Mother told me. She started chemotherapy, couldn’t keep anything down,grew thin, emaciated,spent a week in the hospital. Dad cared for her at home.Although they’d […]