HAPPINESS by Andres Mesa
HAPPINESSby Andres Mesa HappinessNo one wants to talk about happiness.One would expect,Since there’s so little of it to go around,People would clamor to hearof the twenty peopleIn the heartlandwho found their true lovestoday.Some...
IT’S THAT KIND OF DARK by Kate LaDew
IT’S THAT KIND OF DARKby Kate LaDew
it’s that kind of dark exactly
like in those silent films, when the man tenderly puts his arm around...
NEGLECT by Katherine Carlman
NEGLECTby Katherine Carlman My goodness ... the ache of it Little breaths, shallow thingsLike those tiny puddlesWe used to avoid after a quick rain.There’s not enough oxygen.The air has gotten thin(Or my lungs have...
NEWTON’S LAW by Lenny Lewis
NEWTON'S LAWBy Lenny Lewis
He'd been raped in Tripoliso he said. Hosted a parasite.Given it to her without asking.She sported a livid scarwhere the worm had turned.
JANUARY by Laura Foley
JANUARYby Laura Foley JanuaryA blizzard of cyclone-cold windwhips snow in Elysian driftsaround Stygian pines,builds fantastical walls around the house,turns familiar woods otherworldly,provides a world of reasons to stay inside,as the finches at the...
ROAD TRIP by Sarah Sherwood
ROAD TRIPby Sarah Sherwood
A Wild Place
I come from a place quite untouched by fame,Where waters flow, quiet and pure.In this place, there’s no conquest...
NEW TESTAMENT by George Held
NEW TESTAMENTby George Held
New Testament
And the land shall open like a giant vaginaallowing the re-birth channel to swallowall the detritus of our sick civilization...
IDENTITY by Jan Wiezorek
IDENTITYby Jan Wiezorek IdentityWho knows that he’sa young male,though all muscleand inbred so muchas to make problemsmanaging identity.He hears tree frogsclick open the legs of a wetland.No one hearsthe swan unfolding her neckagainst...
LEMONS FOR CLARA by Leslie Philibert
LEMONS FOR KLARAby Leslie Philibert
Lemons for Klara
for Klara Grünzweig 1957-2016
drops of river or ice patches;all of this without your noticebut...
COMFORT IN A THEORY by Mark Taksa
COMFORT IN A THEORYby Mark Taksa
Comfort in a Theory
The watering can I hold over a daisyis dry. Waiting for my neighbor to appearin her...
