LOST by Allen Vega
LOSTby Allen Vega
I’m lost, a child walking through the night, walking among the woods. The moon hiding behind the clouds, shows its face from time to time. I...
POEM FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS by Tom Carter
POEM FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDSby Tom Carter
When I look on you, I seeA land that is your own:
Un-pioneered ravines and hills, overgrown,Uncharted streams and...
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DAYLIGHT ROLLS by Diarmuid ó Maolalaí
DAYLIGHT ROLLSby Diarmuid ó Maolalaí
DAYLIGHT ROLLS
daylight rollslike trains on train tracksonward, very steady,very hot and business-like.COLD AS A COAT FROM THE CLOSET
RULE BEYOND by Daniel King
RULE BEYONDby Daniel King
Kalpa Adept
I am alone, eternal and oneFollow my journey, the waterline’s forceGalaxies and the Rift,The Earthlight that burns,Twin-born I reign allInfinity’s...
MAN UP by Frank Modica
MAN UPby Frank ModicaMan UpGood Catholic boys in button down shirtsand blue jeans fought on the school playground,rising and falling in the masculinity standings.This brutal competition snared everyone,large and small, Polish, Italian,or...
THE ALCHEMIST, GRASPING FOR MEANING by John Sweet
THE ALCHEMIST, GRASPING FOR MEANINGby John Sweet
incantation for the refused
the rumor of your death orthe lie that is your life
...
A NEW BEGINNING by Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo
A New Beginning Of my heartA missing piece.It hurt, it hurt,Oh, how it burned!How it cut—How it tore!But oh that was nothing…When you arrivedI felt it in my body.I cried, I moaned,Shouted, screamed.Forgot who...
MORNING WATCH by Gene Stevenson
A Cold HellA cold hell,fear between the neon,taxicab strangers,killers in trucks,the man around thecorner conceals aknife, like sin.A confrontation,in the hotel room,he & his desperation,thunderstorm-thoughts,battle fatigue,adrenalin the winner,no sleep this night.A light...
OUROBOROS by Nathan Tluchowski
OUROBOROSby Nathan Tluchowski
Goodbye Words for the Dead Fella
while I was holler whisp’rinmy wake up midnight moansyou was wrapped up warmand tidy in your so...
INTEGRATION by C.S. Fuqua
The Last Nail
Wonder,regret,disconnected phones,internet searches,discoveries and obituaries—coffinsand coffinsand coffins—so many coffinsnailed shutby outdated addressesbeside names ina 25-year-old address book.
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