Poetry - Year II - Number 6 - March 2017

    TWENTY QUESTIONS – Poems by Domenic Scopa

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    TWENTY QUESTIONSPoems by Domenic Scopa Erotophobia (Fear of Sexual Expression)sixteen years after the rape The slam of the screen door,such a sullen finality -Tell me, how can I calmthe static field of my awake and trembling...

    PARTIAL ECLIPSE – Poems by Dustin Pickering

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    PARTIAL ECLIPSEPoems by Dustin Pickering Partial EclipseI was hungover last nightand my poetry was weak, futile as curdled milk.I washed my face with warm waterand returned the pen to its inkwell.I am poisoned by official...

    GATHERING – Poems by Olivia Harman

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    GATHERINGPoems by Olivia Harman Gathering Today the gathering comes after the stormand I sit tight, my teeth pressed togetherlike keys in intricate locks,while outside that stillness starts gathering, a solemn warning, asking us to clear up...

    THE MOON – Poems by Natalie Crick

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    THE MOONPoems by Natalie Crick Night They came out toWatch the moon,A chalky paleness in the sky,Wet from an evening’sSnow, gathering shadowsIn a field and hoarding them.Darkness waitedDimly in the trees,As a motherSlowly, slowlyWithdrawing a childFrom...

    TO MY FRIENDS, WHO NEVER LEFT HOME – Poems by Lucas Heilbroner

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       TO MY FRIENDS, WHO NEVER LEFT HOMEPoems by Lucas Heilbroner   To My Friends, Who Never Left HomeIMy brothers peel their skin and leer-Eyes bugging-Through exhaust and broken corner stops.Reeling into thuggish scenes of postulated positioned...

    BROKEN HAND – Poems by Camille Germain

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    BROKEN HANDPoems by Camille Germain Asthma There’s been this gnat flying around my room for daysevery time I feel its pinprick of a body in my palmit vanishes, into, through, out of the thick heat stroked...

    LITTLE THINGS – Poems by Amanda Caroline Whitehurst

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    LITTLE THINGSPoems by Amanda Caroline Whitehurst What You’ll Find Wonder will be scratched up under your fingernailsand you won’t have time to pick it out.At your apartment window, where at nightyou can see into other windows...

    REASONS FOR PARTING – Poems by Richard Fein

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    REASONS FOR PARTINGPoems by Richard Fein REASONS FOR PARTING   They've found each other at last these voyagers.Her star is Virgo  and his is distant Andromeda.Diligent dream chasers for sure.Just a hug away in the  carbut the...