Nicole Yurcaba’s most recent poem to appear here was Cowgirl in the rain (June 2012). Where are all the poems?By Nicole Yurcaba The carefully syllabled haiku penned one arctic January afternoon, post-squirrel hunting? A metered March sonnet written frantically following fevered lovemaking on the farm pond’s fresh greenness? The bob-and-wheel (penciled mid-August), mimicking a decrepit tractor’s sluggish […]
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Significance
Jeanette Cheezum’s most recent poem to appear here was Nineteen published as part of Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays in June 2012. SignificanceBy Jeanette Cheezum Were there ever moments youwanted to sing praises for anindividual or a beautiful place?Put words to paper, online orin a book. Hope someone takes you seriouslywhile you pour out your heart.Knowing it […]
Uprooted
Mariah Boone’s most recent poem to appear here was Herb Box (April 2012). UprootedBy Mariah Boone I stop to gazeAt a bougainvillea so red–I’ve never seen a scarlet one before–In the yard of a rickety houseOut by City HallA lady on the porch leans forward becauseIn her mindA white woman in aToyota can only meanCPS in this […]
Trash Man
Terri Kirby Erickson’s poem K&W appeared here in July 2012. Trash ManBy Terri Kirby Erickson Back in the days when everything seemed miraculousand permanent, people kept metal garbage cansin their backyards instead of the plastic ones we wheelevery Wednesday now, to the curb. So when the trashtruck came squealing into the neighborhood, it stoppedon our street and […]
My Love
Michael S Copeland’s poem Embracing the Dream appeared here in May 2012. My LoveBy Michael S Copeland When you find me I’ll be there,waiting where you left me.Heart strings tugging on lagging dreamsstraining a memory image of yesterday.Mind music of bended knee proselilting through hectic backstreets.As you float the boulevarda scarlet cloaked apparition no more.When you find […]
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