FIVE CITY POETS FROM A CENTURY AGO by William Ruleman
FIVE CITY POETS FROM A CENTURY AGOTranslated by William Ruleman
THE CITY’S GODBy Georg Heym
He squats on a block of houses, black in mood.The winds...
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...
GOLEM by Leslie Philibert
GOLEMBy Leslie Philibert Lemons for Klarafor Klara Grünzweig 1957-2016 drops of river or ice patches;all of this without your noticebut tough and half eternalthe lemon tree growscool and silent;this makes you remain. Golem unholy earth, dark...
LEAVE by Katie Predick
LEAVEBy Katie Predick
The Physics of Loss
I thought of you todayin the grocery store. It is strawberry season and a bounty of bright red fruit was piled...
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....
BRAVO OU MANSO de Pierre Sotér
BRAVO OU MANSOde Pierre Sotér Full MoonOctober third, two thousand seventeen,the air is fresh and clean, the Moon is full,I look at it, I’d like to fill its pullwhile I see it’s light...
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...
EMPTY HOLLOW HEARTS by George Gad Economou
EMPTY HOLLOW HEARTSBy George Gad Economou
Empty, Hollow Hearts
all you've ever neededwas to get out of the rain;silent moments in the storm,stars making grand promisesto...
BEAR MARKET by Francisco Mejia
BEAR MARKETBy Francisco Mejia
TRAJECTORY TO LOMBARDI’S, 1905
King Darius’ armies baked your ancestors upon their shields,mouths reeking of cheese while suppressingBabylonian revoltsand Nebuchadnezzar III.
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...
