Jo-Anne Fideles lives and writes in the Philippines. This poem explores the territory of “parallel life.” How different is what you dream from what you live? What kind of poem would you write if those two lives were reversed? Restless Trance By Jo-Anne Fideles Losing all the pretense I found myself in a daze In […]

John Grey’s poem At the Age appeared here in April. Today he tackles death and what follows it. A poetic form of a will, perhaps, but written in a much more lyrical manner. The imagery in this might make you a little queasy, but there’s no way around that. Matter By John Grey Bury me in purple […]

Tapeshwar Amef gave us a lovely celebration of the World Cup in July (World Cup Starts). He lives and writes in India, but the miracle of technology allows us to chat with him as if we’re all in the same space. Visit his blog to keep up with him. This poem is his tribute to Mother Teresa […]

Author of 6 collections of poetry and more than 600 poems published in journals and anthologies, Scott Owens is editor of Wild Goose Poetry Review, Vice President of the Poetry Council of North Carolina, and recipient of awards from the Pushcart Prize Anthology, the Academy of American Poets, the NC Writers’ Network, the NC Poetry Society, […]

Ann Van Velthoven lives in New Jersey. She doesn’t think of herself as a writer, having spent many years drawing and painting instead. Her daughters tell her they would like to see her return to the visual arts since they are not gifted in that way. Ann says this poem appeared to her and she […]