NEON MARMALADE by Alex Hand
A stained glass imaginingFrom the third floor the treetops are filigree fine,emergent tendrils nod frantic nervousnessin the ethereal breath of a gossamer breeze.Lace leaves play like piano fingerscaught by ripples from whipish...
TRAVEL ADVISORY by Mark Fleckenstein
TRAVEL ADVISORY
Some days the world is a luscious peach.Others, a cold boiled potato. The differencebetween knowing what to do and doing itis four dollars. How you get there...
A POEM FOR THE WIND by Lynn Dowless
A Poem for the wind
When the veil of darkness finally descends,and that light within us diminishes,perfect peace and contentment shall stand for eternity then,when our days on earth...
THE TOWER by Daniel King
Aphelion Cadences
Opal light from AtlasLensed on cyan dawn shoalsBurns but forms an echoCascades wild in my soul.
Here I stand in wonderHere I stand with...
A COLUMN OF SMOKE by Sally Sandler
A Column of Smoke
ghosted west to the seaand I missed my off ramp
like most of the otherswho prayed to the fire gods
A NIGHT ALONE by Adelaide Shaw
A Night Alone
It is a rain pinging, downspout gurgling, wind gusting, pines shushing, leaves swishing night. It is a game after game of solitaire losing night. It is...
GOAL POSTED by Rebecca Dempsey
Goal posted
There was nothing saiduntil my brothers saw it happen.They told Mum, who, shaking in rage,told the head nun about the bullying.More than bullied,small boys were grabbed, arms...
BLUE FOX SEATS by Terry Brinkman
Alabaster Breast Milk
Ilk Horns Dragon-Lilies Zodiac redemptionIrish wine Brandy sniffer graceShe’ll be back in a flashLimp as a wet rag looking at her facePollenate paraphernalia paper trashAlabaster Breast...
NOTICING WOMEN by Madlynn Haber
Noticing Women
I am not the woman in the front row staring with adoring eyes at the poet,her husband, on the stage behind the podium, reading from his collection.
MASQUERADE by Cynthia Warrington
MASQUERADE:
This Face I wear to show what the world expects to see,a carefully painted visage rendered in muscles strainedand emotions held in check.
These garments...
