THE FROGS by Bruce Morton
THE FROGSby Bruce Morton
Holocaust Memorial, Berlin
It is a stretch to transform sorrow, ash, guilt—loss.But the stelae are concrete, not abstract starsFallen in firmament, a...
NORTHERN ISLET by Danielle Hanson
NORTHERN ISLETby Danielle Hanson
Northern Islet
All the saints here are made of stone,eternal life mocked by their crumbling.I pick up the stones and swallow them...
LOOKING UP AT THE SKY by John McKernan
LOOKING UP AT THE SKYby John McKernan LOOKING UP AT THE SKYI always stop what I am doing at two o’clock in the afternoon and wait ten minutes for Death. I do this...
THIS IS THE LIGHT by Scott Waters
THIS IS THE LIGHTby Scott Waters
Leaving the Cove
City lights flicker like candlesburning the hem of 5 a.m.
I finish my bowl...
THE CHAIN IN THE SKY by Uko Tyrawn Okon
THE CHAIN IN THE SKYby Uko Tyrawn Okon
Flowers are spreading a virusThat is what the experts call itIt makes people walk on a chainThat is one hundred feet...
ARMS OUTSTRETCHED by John Tustin
ARMS OUTSTRETCHEDby John Tustin
ARMS OUTSTRETCHED
Me withArms outstretchedAs if on the crossBut really waitingFor you to comeAnd be envelopedAnd protected andEncumbered by me.
OBSESSIONS by R. Bremner
OBSESSIONSby R. Bremner
Too many obsessions for one life to carrywill cause a back to droop eventuallyGood karma like good coffee is often hard to findwhen soaked in the...
MEMBRANE by Alfred Fournier
MEMBRANEby Alfred Fournier
Membrane
The cat had been missing for days.
Mom was home, behind French doors.Her hospital absence stretched, a membrane under each...
ENCLOSED BY LOVE by Nardine Sanderson
Land and sea when angels fall I did not fall to call your pain, or break ones heart so soft again, I felt such love within no doubtLike heavens precious rainA magical voice...
LIBERTY ATOMS by Christopher Barnes
Liberty Atoms 6 Cormorant beak-walked an eight yard string,Rebuking tide.Pratfalling crock – sauce duxelles.Maisie hassled tufts- Lost wit’s fingers.Sunset on a rubberstamp:“Everything seemed inevitable”.
Liberty Atoms 7Shellac discRumpled under needle,...
