ETERNAL AND INFINITE by Scott Thomas Outlar
ETERNAL AND INFINITEby Scott Thomas Outlar
Loki’s Ammunition
Sometimes we mustset the book asidefor a moment,exhale a deep breath,and exclaim,“My God, that’s what a poem is!”
No whitewash on the crescendowhere it all went to hell.
No handbasket...
GERANIUMS by Noel Williams
GERANIUMSby Noel Williams
A slow approach to Turner in the corner of the gallery
This hull emerges dazzlingin the blue blaze of air, breaks througha pulse of sun, emptying lightthrough a lancet of bulwark and bow.
That...
RESURRECTION by Barry Silesky
RESSURECTIONby Barry Silesky
RESURRECTION
A phone call tells me I’m breathing and the world returns. Isn’t that what they mean by God? It must be what we’ve been waiting for. There's more of course, but this...
HUMAN BEING by William Welch
HUMAN BEINGby William Welch
Untitled
“I’m not Rumpelstiltskin,” I said, joking,then realized how apt it was —that malicious imp coming nightlyto anguished girls, promising to spinstraw to gold, but for a price.
Imagine if he used...
EMILY by Luke Francis Beirne
EMILYby Luke Francis Beirne
I: Emily, February 14thThe wind started:blowing and gustingacross the ground,fresh snow coveredmost of the red.
Frayed strandsof a welcome matpoked through the snowat her feet.
Blinds hid most of the room.Bottles and cans...
NE PLUS ULTRA by John Casey
NE PLUS ULTRAby John Casey
This
That momentYour sweet smileElevated meAsked for nothingWarmed my world-worn heartValidated my existence
The honest, nova-bright life of your eyesThat purest expression of a wantOnly to loveOnly meAnd I was overcome
A sublime,...
REDUCTION by Jonathan Dowdle
REDUCTIONby Jonathan Dowdle
RiffIn the rebound, resound,Where all thoughts go to drown,And we sleep beneath the sea,That buries us in echoes bleed;How are we to sleep or dreamBetween the stitch and the seam,Plucking grief from...
PEN SAND by Luke Skoza
LOVEby Katharine Studer
Love
Before the word is spokenA man might walk on handsDangling mid-air without a net or wire,Concentrating to keep the weightof his legs extended straight in the center,Nudging his fingers to gain an...
THE LAW OF SILENCE by David Dephy
THE LAW OF SILENCEby David Dephy
When a Poet
I am a firm believerThat as soon as a person stops lyingTo himself,He will be able to find someoneHe can trust unconditionally.And this someone is his own...
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC by Gary Beck
THAT OLD BLACK MAGICby Gary Beck
Machine Learning
Before a car can drivewithout a human,one must first get behind the wheel.As the driver accelerates,stops and turns on local streets,sensors in the carrecord what he seesand how...