OUR OWN by George Payne
OUR OWNby George Payne
Our Own
The status quo is killing our soul.Life is not about paying the mortgage.
It is not okay...
COME TO ME AND LET ME HOLD YOU by Olivia Du Pont
COME TO ME AND LET ME HOLD YOUby Olivia Du Pont
Come to me and let me hold youIn the dead of night where voices are hushedBreathe life into...
WORK OF ART by Valerie Patrick
WORK OF ARTby Valerie Patrick Work of ArtHold my face like the Portland VaseTrace the pictures on my cheekbonesGaze into my eyes like the Mona LisaAppreciate every stroke of colorCaress my body like...
CALM by Elana Wolff
CALMby Elana Wolff Calm,not so long ago / the river ambling through the valley /easy in the aptitude of being in the blue beside the fireweedand pocket gophers stomping on the vandal grass...
DIVINE by John Raffetto
DIVINEby John Raffetto A LATE FATESeas fossilize into parched buttestrapped shellfishanthropoids in dark matter.Time did not freezeas massive ice balland volcanoesmerge into passive resistancepush and pullon earth axis.The bacteria count is one.A...
NOT A PRAYER by Diana Anhalt
NOT A PRAYERby Diana Anhalt
For Ethel Figueroa, the Librarian, My Heroine,
who lets me hide in the library— closed for recess—when girls in patent leather,...
WORDS UNSPOKEN by Kimberly Crocker
WORDS UNSPOKENby Kimberly Crocker
Words Unspoken By Kimberly Crocker
She dissolved from the feet up,vanishing in surreptitious bites like thosetaken by children when no one...
PABLO PICASSO by Richard Weaver
Walker Percy She was always fun. No one knew her otherwise. At least those of us
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ANNIVERSARY by Cathryn Essinger
ANNIVERSARYby Cathryn Essinger
Anniversary
The Harvest Moon rising frombehind the strip mall appears tetheredto the horizon, but soon it will clearthe radio tower on the far...
WHITE CAKE by Annie Schumacher
WHITE CAKEby Annie Schumacher
White Cake
I don’t remember the taste of my wedding cake.Afterwards, we froze the top tier in mom’s garageto eat in...