Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae The Operator By Joan McNerney With such a pleasant voice so sincere and trusting (a female of course). She was automated and kept on kept on kept on apologizing how she did not get it right. Mangling my unfortunate last name ’til finally it became mammary. I am not an udder […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae Long Division By Rae Spencer Long have humans sought conflict Rejected each other With words that maim community Barriers buried in pronouns Enmeshed in massive groups of they He and she live apart from you and I He follows a spiritual path Into places you cannot understand And she lives […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae Sisterhood of the Butterfly By Jeanette Cheezum I release a balloon and a butterfly to find my sisters wherever they are. To bring them strength, love, and maturity in times of happiness and sorrow. I cherish you sisters go fly and be free. Jeanette Cheezum’s poetry appeared at vox poetica in 2009 […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae A Hungry Wife By Cassie Premo Steele 1. The joy I feel when I touch your hip in the dark is the knowledge that my body is bread and you can eat this simple meal and be satisfied. 2.  Taste the time we have together. It is not long. Nothing […]

Contributor Series 5: Dramatis Personae Identity By Chris G Vaillancourt I have been  my father’s son; my mother’s son; my grandparents’ grandson; my sister’s brother; my wife’s husband; my children’s father. I have been a child; a student; a poet; an artist; a teacher; a parent; a labourer; an employee; a social insurance number. Now […]