SONNET CDLXII by Terry Brinkman
Sonnet CDLXII
Deep velvet Azul of the Nile
Steely skies rolling ridge wheel
Gallivanting around as they kneel
Meadow of...
ALMA DESATADA by Roseangelina Baptista
Alma Desatada
A serração desceu rápida e do-í-da.Veio duma latência em rodeios Açorianos.Solitário rochedo, suspenso em fosca água-lusa.Longe, o coro das oliveiras ao léu.
Açores! Por...
I CAN TELL NO-ONE, EXCEPT THIS POEM by Susan C. Waters
Age is Creeping Toward Me
Like the Old Maidin a children’s deck of cards,it was hidden, going round and roundthe table until the last card:a dowdy, with a misshapen...
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
AS CINZAS DO SOL by Rosangela Batista
AS CINZAS DO SOLby Rosangela Batista As Cinzas do SolCegam o céu;Secam o sal de Pernem.Dão bocadinhos à luaDe açafrão e cal.Cai, cai pó-ente, Põe cinzas d’ouroNos tetracantos da mente.Cinzas da ÍndiaSerpenteiam em minhas águas:Brindes...
MEDUSA by Andre DeCuir
MEDUSAby Andre DeCuir
When My Father Calls
When my father calls, we talk of birds,how the blue jays cannonball,their large bodies splashingwater out of his birdbaths:old...
INCONSTANTE CORAÇÃO by Roseangelina Batista
INCONSTANTE CORAÇÃOby Roseangelina Batista
INCONSTANTE CORAÇÃOPrelúdio ao poema de Ajahn Mun
Ora um fluxo de momentos,ora um fluxo de vazio presente.
A semântica...
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...
WHY by Dave Clark
Why
Why.
Who is better off at their final breath?
I cry out.
Why?
I get no answer.
There has to be an answer for this.
Surely some reason,
Some purpose.
But what answer
Would leave me feeling okay
About their demise?
What answer would satisfy?
Why.
I’m...
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.