WALKING by Patrick Hurley
WALKING…selectionsBy Patrick Hurley
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letters and numbers convergethen dissolve into pure sound
suddenly visible in the pavementa repeated pattern of circles
INVITATION by Gloria Monaghan
INVITATIONBy Gloria Monaghan
Invitation
The road is waiting for you to walkinto the open air
into the slightly grey day
DOG DAYS by Ian Smith
DOG DAYSBy Ian Smith
Dog Days
Overheard in the early stages of these beige days,my last challenge, trekking the desertfar from a ruinous prime when oases...
RAPTURE OF FUNK by Lenny Lewis
THE RAPTURE OF FUNK
By Lenny Lewis
Two nights before Frediawas due backfrom elective castrationI carried her one-eyedblack dog down the stairs.Both of us soakedin his...
FAREWELL by George Freek
FAREWELLBy George Freek
FAREWELL (After Tu Fu)
Now we have to part.You go in one direction,I go in the other.Will we be drunk together,ever again? Last...
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LOVELY DREAMS by Mitchel Montagna
LOVELY DREAMSBy Mitchel Montagna
For Ann, 1953-1970
There’s darkness ahead, with reels of grief.But on Christmas Eve nobody could know.They gathered in church to voice their...
MAKING IMAGES by Martin Altman
MAKING IMAGESBy Martin Altman
Making Images
By the painter’s brush An image is born as picture before it’s born as speech, But in a cloud of pictures,The...
THINGS IN A GAP by Eduardo Escalante
THINGS IN A GAPBy Eduardo Escalante
Again Google, Mo Gawdat lines on happinessLemons or magnet for us?Rational smells with an old story:What part of my glass would I drink?Would...
MISTAKE by Thom Young
MISTAKEBy Thom Young Mistakemistakemistakelike bluebirdsquietad singingthe regret songit soundsaliveit sounds forgottenbut I know what she dideven the angelsdoand nobody cries on the outsideanymoretears stay warmthey stay safethey hurt a little morethereinside holdingtiger eyes Sada...
2nd FLATTEST STATE by Noah Slowik
2nd FLATTEST STATEBy Noah Slowik
Rabble-rousers
Night traffic performing cautious deeds;good people awaited sacred sinswhile diligent ones are sound asleep,unnecessary suffering begins.
Shadow-wanderers...
