Harris Tobias’ most recent poem to appear here was The Topography of a Face (February 2012). Trumpets By Harris Tobias How to explain that flash of brassThat yellow stain in what was gray and deadThe daffodil, its trumpet calling from the flower bedA trumpet call no ear can hearSo heroic yet so sweetSo tell me, you who […]
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catching up
Joanna S Lee’s most recent poem to appear here was rehabilitation in b minor, published as part of Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears. catching up By Joanna S Lee fast lane-ing under apurpled skysouthshe tells meit’s over, wonders ifGod will for-give this lackof forever? saysshe’s dreamedher lawyeras an angel, wingsseven foot wide, and willthat […]
Edward Hopper’s Paintings
Jean McLeod’s most recent poem to appear here was Coy (March 2012). Edward Hopper’s Paintings By Jean McLeod Flat as a Nevada plain,desolate structuresisolated people,footsteps echoon dead stone. Joy sluicedfrom homes,rooms, diners,Pullman carswhere warmth and humanitymight have been portrayedinto these worldsof fools and pain. Slashed with Van Gogh colorscustomers fluorescein temporary sanctuaryagainst ultimate nightin a world without […]
mourning cloaks me
Ki Woyke’s poem omaha upside down appeared here in February 2012. mourning cloaks me By Ki Woyke mourning cloaks meas mourning cloaks flutter bynon-dairy butter fliesas i slide up through twin peaks mudsurround sounds surround mechickadee mewax their bohemian wings and shrill trills around mesquirrel their barks and bark down the firsas I wonder why the berriesin […]
Love Note
Carly Gove is a high school student from New Jersey. Her favorite things to do are reading, writing, and pestering her geometry teacher. When she grows up she hopes to be an astrophysicist or a real live published author or, better yet, some combination of the two. Mostly, she thanks you for reading her poem. […]
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