MY GRETEL by John O’Connor
MY GRETELby John O'Connor
My Gretel
My sister never called me Hanselbut she knew I would lead her to trouble.The hollyhocks looked at us mischievously
CONSIDERED OVER by Victoria Randall
CONSIDERED OVERBy Victoria Randall
PSYCHO AND SOMATIC
red artillery aims to inflame injurywhite walls raise to slay diseasestoo diffuse to destroyan air light feeling firstthat later...
WHEN I DREAM WELL by David Matthews
WHEN I DREAM WELLBy David Matthews
When I Dream Well
Her head held as if she were posingnow for Renoir, yesterday Rodin,her face I knowfrom when...
OUT IN THE DISTANCE by Holly Day
OUT IN THE DISTANCEBy Holly Day
Spring
ice melts in noisy rivuletsresumes descent on muddy river banks
poking its greasy snout out of...
AMBITION by Abigail Van Kirk
AMBITIONBy Abigail Van Kirk
Ambition
Scrape coffee grounds from under nails for the altar.
Lift up tatters of atriums and ventricles,two each for disheartened...
WHEN YOU WERE BORN by Colin Dodds
WHEN YOU WERE BORNBy Colin Dodds Cardiopolis Floating through the worlddispensing permissionunknowinglyCranes raise houses, office boxesbivouacs for a war not yet agreed uponBuildings like the stock exchangeblossom in the snowAt midday in midtowntowers pose...
PURPLE DAWN by Edward Bonner
PURPLE DAWNBy Edward Bonner
FEW WILL HEAR HIS WORDS
What thou find in a poor man's walletAn amazing talentTo surviveHolding true to God's wordA secret for...
WALKING by Patrick Hurley
WALKING…selectionsBy Patrick Hurley
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letters and numbers convergethen dissolve into pure sound
suddenly visible in the pavementa repeated pattern of circles
TO THAW by Annelise Mozzoni
TO THAWBy Annelise Mozzoni
Kenmore Electric Dryer
Room steeped in blue,her and I,folding cotton waves.
Standing in a swallow of light,she pulls sheets...
FROM HERE TO THERE by Roger Singer
FROM HERE TO THEREBy Roger Singer FROM HERE TO THEREHe wore a loud tie. Checkeredshirt and black high top sneakers.Thoughts tumbled from him like leaves;fast tracks combined with solid sounds.He mumbles a prayer,...