ON THE SANDS OF LIDO by Bob Varghese
ON THE SANDS OF LIDOBy B. A. Varghese
Knowing
It was enoughknowing he was therehis presence like an army of giantsbaritone voices encouragingalong the battle linestrong...
SPIRALS OF SOUND by Lisa Molina
Spirals of SoundIIf One of us must dieI hope it is I.When I thought my son with leukemia was dead, I screamed at God,“Take me instead!”The wish still stands inside my head.The...
A BAG OF HANDS Mather Schneider
A BAG OF HANDSBy Mather Schneider
A BAG OF HANDS
Jalisco, Mexico. In a black plastic bagthey found them:
12 severed handsremoved from...
ALFRED AND MOSES – By Timothy Robbins
ALFRED AND MOSESBy Timothy Robbins
Alfred and Moses(for A.E. Housman)
I picture a Merchant Ivory flick.Young classicist with patrician cheeks,face of an Arabian prancer, featuresprecise as...
(DIS)AMBIGUATION By Sarah Kohrs
(DIS)AMBIGUATION
By Sarah Kohrs
(DIS)AMBIGUATION
It began with the forgetting.Sunlight sparked off keysDangling eye-level near the door;
TAKE TEN by LG Pomerleau
How We See
“No telescope is more powerful than the prejudice of the person looking through it.”Kevin Ashton, How To Fly A Horse, 2015
The spider...
THE PUSH By Clay Reed
THE PUSHBy Clay Reed
DynamicAfter Denise Duhamel
Having a child changes a relationship,at least that’s what our friends with childrenhave told us several times.“It changes the...
PENETRATING SECRETS by Cynthia Pitman
PENETRATING SECRETSby Cynthia Pitman
PENETRATING SECRETSWith all your science can you tell how it is — & whence it is, that light comes into the soul?-- ThoreauThe science is...
THE VIRTUE OF LAZINESS by Mark O’Flynn
Hand to Mouth
As a picture of modern urban povertyit almost breaks your heart.Old Mother Hubbard’s bare boned cupboard,her dog drooling optimistically.What happened to Mr. Hubbard?Down the pub most...
SELFIEDOM – Poems by Clark Holtzman
SELFIEDOMPoems by Clark Holtzman
MY ACCEPTANCE
says nothing about the quality of your offer.My acceptance is sacred in this faithless sort of way.My acceptance builds upon...
