Jekwu Anyaegbuna’s most recent poem to appear here was Carnival of the moon, published as part of Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags in December 2011. Bougainvillea By Jekwu Anyaegbuna I plant a purple bougainvillea for you.You plant a pink bougainvillea for me. My bougainvillea brings you a bee.Your bougainvillea gives me a dove. Your bee signs […]

Annmarie Lockhart is the founding editor of vox poetica, founder of unbound CONTENT, and an occasional contributor on these pages. She lives, works, and writes in New Jersey. But you already knew that. Walls for the wind, a roof for the rain By Annmarie Lockhart He took the baby from her arms called her unfit, […]

Carolyn Gabb lives and writes in Virginia. She does a lot of cool things, so to see more, visit her website. Place to Stand Firm By Carolyn Gabb The land around my feetoften is cavernous,heated with the lava ofconfused chemistry. Often empty as a spatial black holewhere I fear total disappearance and invisibility.Or fighting the danger […]

Bobbie Troy’s most recent poem to appear here was She: Underneath the Glitter, published as part of Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags in December 2011. She: In DepressionBy Bobbie Troy she carried her depressionin front of herlike caviar on a party trayhoping that someonewould take it from her didn’t she knowthat it wasn’t so easyto get […]

Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Today Is … (February 2012). TerrabellumBy Christopher Roe The sky was brightwith rainbow firewhere no fire oughtto be A towering wave sweptover the sleeping landwhere no wave had been before The atmosphere was densewith a sickly orange huewhere the gentle birdsonce sang Ancient ice floes meltedraising indifferent tideswhere cities […]