BORROW by Mike Li
BORROWby Mike Yunxuan Li
BorrowMike is not my name,I told you.I borrowed it from Bibleto roam the land of Uncle Sam.It’s my tuxedo and pasta,a manbehind which the I hid and ate,slept, woke and educated.Shame...
LOVE CALLS OF FOXES by Jack Conway
LOVE CALLS OF FOXESby Jack Conway
Love Calls of Foxes
Last night I heard the gray fox howl,along the old stone wall,three yips and then a scream,ungodly sounds,its ritual mating call.Love calls of foxes,reminds usthat love...
TEARBLANKET by Reuben Ellis
TEARBLANKETby Reuben Ellis
Tearblanket
To alter flesh, use the deciduous catclaw,the spiculumed acacia, tearblanketitscommon name, unpronounceable in ambiguity. I could describe it to you,three-thorned, polygamous flowers, pinnatepods, but you will know it because you willbe bleeding...
A POET’S QUILL by Antoine Airoldi
A POET’S QUILLby Antoine Airoldi A poet’s quill grows so slow;From a bird in mid air, too low;Loses its flight attendant, oh;Watch its mill flow even more;When the seasons change;The days shrink to an inch;All...
THE CLIMATE TODAY by Rafiki Chemari
THE CLIMATE TODAYby Rafiki Chemari
“THE CLIMATE OF TODAY”
Is God raging or crying?With these…Massive storms,And violent quakes.
The ones that make, break,And unequivocally shake…Cities, counties, families,And cultures!
So when (Uncle) HarveyCame to visit usIn theLone Star state...