Karen Jakubowski’s most recent poem to appear here was Muse’s Ode (May 2012).SoulscapeBy Karen Jakubowski We begin as pebble or clay.Simple and pure, Crushed and finely ground.Mixed, extruded and bakedMolded brick or pliable mortar.Stockpiled provisions,Designers prepared. Transgressions endured.Indiscretions committed.Gradually tainted,Contaminated.Quickly trained masonsErect wallsTo contain and prohibit. We build elaborate skyscrapers,Temples or mud-crusted hovels.Doorless roomsBlock introspection.Blacked out windowsDefend against […]
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This Morning
BZ Niditch, poet and playwright, publishes internationally, in Poem, Poet Lore, International Poetry Review, Pacific Review, North Atlantic Review, and Prism International. His latest collection is Lorca at Sevilla (March Street Press, Greensboro NC).This MorningBy BZ Niditch This morningwas curious. You forgotto close the past or embracethe beginning of our futureso close to us that a breath of north wind had […]
Cowgirl in the rain
Nicole Yurcaba’s most recent poem to appear here was Parallax (May 2012). Cowgirl in the rainBy Nicole Yurcaba She standssoaked by steady September showers.Head half-bent,rain brim-drippingfrom her high-crowned Justin hat,onto blue denim Wrangler jacket …
Shine
Steve Minchin’s most recent poem to appear here was In Highgate (January 2012). ShineBy Steve Minchin Rise wild and dance for father little Star–come seize another sun up with bright music.Here in daddy’s sweet, raised gaze flail with joy,let it move your light arms and legs and playa radiant song to another day. Rise wild, impulsive and […]
Patch-Patch
Jekwu Anyaebguna’s most recent poem to appear here was The Preparation (May 2012). He is a recent winner of a regional Commonwealth Short Story Prize (published at Granta on June 6, 2012).Patch-PatchBy Jekwu Anyaegbuna She patches up our leaky bucket,a knife hot as anger clenched in her fist.And then my mother grabs her yarns and needles,to patch up the […]
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