WOW by Boris Kokotov
A trap
I have mixed feelings about what happened that day --following her out of curiosity,staying in her place for no reason except…
Pity. Is it...
POPULATION DENSITY by Gary Beck
Decay of Democracy
The political charadein divided Americabecomes tenser dailyas issues, agendas, ambitionsrasp the public well-beingtrying to survivean irresponsible President,who tells the people‘there are good peopleon each side’when nazis...
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...
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...
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...
THE CHILD I WAS by Kihyeon Lee
The Child I Was
They were like some terrible writingsWrought by a Fate’s fearful handTo dictate its warnings by lightningsNo man can decipher to comprehend,
With...
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...
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...
SUNSHOWER by Zebulon Huset
Killing it, Cooking It
Friday night the second month of high school—but we weren't thinking about school.It stole hours that we used to spend skating.All summer, every day, all...