STEEL PROPHET by Jonathan DeCoteau
STEEL PROPHETby Jonathan DeCoteau
Steel Prophet
The split-second cleaving of foliage—gauntFrom the haunches of marauding night—peeks through, with lead-tongued pantingAnd black crescent eyes:It is a baby...
RENAMED by Tom Laichas
RENAMED
by Tom Laichas
At the Edge of Air
When the newborn inhales the Breath, flesh and clay still comingle.Between earth and this...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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THIS IS MY EVENING by Diarmuid ó Maolalai
THIS IS MY EVENINGby Diarmuid ó Maolalai
Israel and Palestine.
I had put the goldfishin a small tank by the windowand had named them(some joke)Israel and...
THE RIVER IN SUMMER by Iain Twiddy
THE RIVER IN SUMMERby Iain Twiddy Leaf-fallsThe trees are squandering their leaves,crisp red and gold notes, thin as smoke,backed by a huge blue bank of sky.They pile up, add to the childish stashI...
