Hope Coulter is a Pushcart Prize nominated novelist and poet whose work has appeared in journals such as Spoon River Poetry Review, New Delta Review, and Rattle (forthcoming). She lives in Little Rock and teaches creative writing at Hendrix College in Conway AR. Visit her website. Brushing the PonytailBy Hope Coulter The news had been […]
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A Saturday in May
John Grey’s most recent poem here was Toppling Tree (August 2011). A Saturday in MayBy John Grey I watch the Derby but these are not my horses. They race down the straightaway but don’t stop to nibble on grasses. They strain at the girth, their muscles bulge, legs fly out of the dust but not a […]
Burying Ashes
Bette Hileman’s most recent poem to appear here was Leave Taking (October 2010). Burying AshesBy Bette Hileman On a June day the gravedigger shoveled out a rectangular piece of sod next to Father’s capstone. He scooped out more soil and rested a brass urn in the cavity, while my sister and loving friends watched in bright […]
Caution
Jekwu Anyaegbuna’s most recent poem to appear here was Crystal Voice, published as part of Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears. Caution By Jekwu Anyaegbuna We lock our family gates against the new rains, to prevent the possibility of diluting our thirsts. We have been warned to safeguard our throats, to verify the lip of […]
Thirsty Elbows
Mariah Boone’s most recent poem to appear here was Mama Ink. These two poems read together like facing pages of a family album. Thirsty ElbowsBy Mariah Boone Grandma went around the house snipping her elbows out of photographs the way she snipped my dad out of them after the divorce that empty square for him in the […]
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