THE FORREST by Omar Alexandre
THE FORRESTBy Omar Alexandre
you can look and you can touch
a guy gave me head todayand my next door neighbor saw us
BOHEMIAN BANKER by Thomas Locicero
BOHEMIAN BANKERBy Thomas Locicero
Bohemian Bankerfor T.S. Eliot
You boast of virtuosity,yet find yourself in dubious alleysdressed like a banker so as not toplay the part...
SUMMER NIGHTS by Jacquelyne Nemeth
SUMMER NIGHTSBy Jacquelyne Nemeth
Alaska
Don't say you love me. You don't love me if you don't know that my favorite smell is when it rains...
ORIGAMI AND SWEATERS by Kennie Romero
ORIGAMI AND SWEATERSBy Kennie Romero
Yextla, 1970
Once upon a timeYear 1970, in a Mexicanvillage tucked in the foldsof corn and poppy fields,abuelito threatened a witchfor...
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...
ENAMORED by Susie Gharib
EVOLUTIONBy Eduardo Escalante
Evolution
During the slow rollover of the morning,I order the garden plants.In my hands, several seeds.I hear the groaning of the earth,need to...
EVOLUTION by Eduardo Escalante
EVOLUTIONBy Eduardo Escalante
Evolution
During the slow rollover of the morning,I order the garden plants.In my hands, several seeds.I hear the groaning of the earth,need to...
TRANSCRIPT by Mark Young
TRANSCRIPTBy Mark Young
A line from Ada Lovelace (2)
The way he ties his ties waytoo long is a science of itself,like hoisin sauce or miso....
SOME NIGHTS by Dianne Moritz
SOME NIGHTSBy Dianne Moritz
SIX
Teasing the dogBack behindThe chicken yardTo distract myselfFrom loneliness,Stench of the farm,Uncle’s mongrel seizedMy thin wrist and bit.My cries were smotheredIn...
BARE HYMN by Seth Jani
BARE HYMNBy Seth Jani
Mountain Pass
I erased myself so I could learnThe inner life of things.This river has a name,But it’s not the one we...