A’Yara Stein recently gave us her take on Hansel and Gretel (Careful Who You Trust). Now she uses differently familiar characters to suggest a story, metaphoric and fabled, personal and relatable.  Gloved HandsBy A’Yara Stein Ophelia speaks …  My lord, I have remembrances of yours That I have longed to re-deliver … –Hamlet, III, 1 You […]

Bette Hileman has displayed an affinity for different themes in her poetry (Dirty Sally, Awaiting Snow). Today we’re going to read about forgetting him and remembering him. But who are we forgetting and remembering? Father? Husband? Lover? Friend?  Forgetting By Bette Hileman You want to write about him So you will forget about him. You will […]

Vivekanand Jha writes poetry that is informed by a desire for world peace (Trauma of Terror, Hands Heave to and Harm and Hamper). His message is irrefutable and his verse, ever hopeful. Let me live even in the dark By Vivekanand Jha You keep with you your creative art Although you don’t help me to start […]

Rae Spencer’s poems are sophisticated (Aviary, I dropped it again, What If,Lore). They show us the world through her eyes, the eyes of a poet who happens to also be a veterinarian. Today’s poem gives us a playful look at the month of May. Hey, May By Rae Spencer Hey, May, what’s with the pole? That jaunty […]

William C Ross refers to his bio as The Ex Files as he is an ex-broadcaster (radio: on air and management), ex-administrator (county government), and an ex-freelancer/consultant in advertising and public relations. He is now retired and his hobbies are poetry, the reading, writing, and collecting of it. For the past 6 months William has […]