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When Beached

04.16.12 Posted in today's words by

John Grey’s most recent poem to appear here was A Saturday in May (October 2011). When BeachedBy John Grey The beach is nothing but gray basaltfrom some volcanic eruptiondeep in the island’s palm shrouded memory.The ocean cards rockthrough its relentless mill,scrapes and shapes,for time immaterial.It’s the endless siege of shorelineswhere water cannot let land lieand land resists,like the […]


Where Poetry Exists

04.16.12 Posted in words to linger on by

Brian Fanelli’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Harpur Palate, Evening Street Review, The Portland Review, Boston Literary Magazine, Blue Lotus Review, Inkwell Journal, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Chiron Review, and other publications. He is the author of the chapbook Front Man and his first full-length collection is forthcoming in 2013 from unbound CONTENT. Brian also writes poetry reviews for PANK and […]


Van Gogh’s Bedroom

04.15.12 Posted in today's words by

William Wright Harris’ most recent poem to appear here was A Pot of Chili (March 2012). Van Gogh’s BedroomBy William Wright Harris A pot to piss orshave in … A bed toosmall for any company … portraitshanging on the wall …  Your favorite color–hope–shining in raysthrough the window.


I Loved This Landscape Into Being

04.14.12 Posted in today's words by

Cassie Premo Steele’s most recent poem to appear here was Pay Attention, published as part of Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears. Her new collection of poems, The Pomegranate Papers, is officially released today from unbound CONTENT. For more information, click here. I Loved This Landscape Into BeingBy Cassie Premo Steele It was the house of […]


The Seashell

04.13.12 Posted in today's words by

Summer Qabazard’s most recent poem to appear here was Standing on the Porch (March 2012).  The SeashellBy Summer Qabazard Leaving behind the last heat of the yearat 30,500 feet above the earthI’ve been chasing sundownevery human part of mefeeling the gritof grains of sand under my nailsfrom last night’s cleaningof tear-sized seashellsthat I picked for herone escapedand […]


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