COSMOS by Dorsía J Smith
COSMOSby Dorsía J. Smith
Cosmos
My son asks me what happened to his baby brother.
What baby brother?
The one...
THREE SEASONS by A.R. Francis
THREE SEASONSby A.R. Francis
Three seasons
Three seasons have passedSince I knew youSince I knew the way your scarfFell across your shoulderOr the way you sipped...
PENETRATING SECRETS by Cynthia Pitman
PENETRATING SECRETSby Cynthia Pitman
PENETRATING SECRETSWith all your science can you tell how it is — & whence it is, that light comes into the soul?-- ThoreauThe science is...
THE NEXT TIMES by Margarita Serafimova
THE NEXT TIMESby Margarita Serafimova
The next times were surrounding me,and everything in their evening lightwas quivering with unconscious potential.
I was yearning for you, for...
I STAND IN WATER by Keith Hoerner
I STAND IN WATERby Keith Hoerner
I stand in water.
It sloshes ’round my scuffed black leather wingtips, laps up the ankles of my rumpled dress...
AND THE WINDOW IS SMALLER by Hannah Paige
AND THE WINDOW IS SMALLERby Hannah Paige Dear Staples, here are your rubber bands backDeteriorating love is a funny thing.You build up this glowing mass of memories and emotions.It’s a warm rubber band...
PERFECTLY BLIND by Philip Wexler
PERFECTLY BLINDby Philip Wexler
Perfectly Blind
Her pledges, at the outset, sincere, genuineand most of all, honored. Thus, you took refugefor a spell in the mirage...
RHINOCEROS by Tomas Sanchez Hidalgo
RHINOCEROSby Thomas Sanchez Hidalgo
It’s four a.m. I have serious problems. And a Magnum in my pocket. Minutes later, dozens of crows, over a crowd of scrapyard parts (near...
COME IN SINNER by Gail Willems
COME IN SINNERby Gail Willems
COME IN SINNER
give us this day our daily breadeyes burn swollen faces line-upa hussled order for bread and a small...
ON MY FLIGHT TO NEW YORK (REMEMBERING MY DEAR MOTHER) by Dr. Raymond Fenech
ON MY FLIGHT TO NEW YORK(REMEMBERING MY DEAR MOTHER)by Dr. Raymond Fenech
I don’t think I’ll ever be closer to you as I am nowAs I fly on this...