Robert CJ Graves is from Kansas. Can’t you tell that by the way he insistently takes us to Oz and back in his poems (Queen Learjet, The God of Apathy, Look for Jack Buddha, No Swimming)? This poem does not disappoint. It skims us through the arc of a relationship, just sketching the story, allowing the telling details […]

The author of three collections of poetry, Ryan McLellan is a performance poet, singer/songwriter, and English teacher from New Hampshire. His poems have appeared most recently in Concise Delight, The 2010 Poets’ Guide to New Hampshire, Bird’s Eye reView, and OVS Magazine. The recipient of the 2009 Esther Buffler Memorial Fellowship and member of the 2009 Slam Free or […]

Vivekanand Jha lives and writes in India. His poem Hands Heave to Harm and Hamper appeared here in January 2010. His work has also appeared in Pagan Imagination, Danse Macabre, Writing Raw, and Tribal Soul Kitchen. He is researching the poetry of Indian English poet Jayanta Mahapatra. Vivekanand’s poetry draws attention to the pain people cause one another. It expresses a […]

Joey Turner lives and writes in Texas, where he currently attends the University of Dallas. This poem follows nicely on the heels of yesterday’s, the theme today being interconnectivity. Read this poem and think about the many different living elements in this life that support us throughout the journey. P(hl)oemBy Joey Turner The woman sits […]

Paul Hostovsky’s poems have won a Pushcart Prize, the Muriel Craft Bailey Award from the Comstock Review, and chapbook contests from Grayson Books, Riverstone Press, Frank Cat Press, and Split Oak Press. He has been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, Best of the Net, and The Writer’s Almanac. His latest collection of poems, Dear […]