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
GAZES by Tomas Sanchez Hidalgo
GAZESBy Tomas Sanchez Hidalgo
Gazes
A refrigerator slides down the street,moved by the wind.Its owner chases it."I'm a doctor!", "I'm a doctor!",she will have to say,this...
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
GONE GIRL by Lana Bella
GONE GIRLBy Lana Bella
ENWREATHED
Now she knew it has been wintersoaking long stretches of rivers and fields. Moving hands intopockets thick of tweed, skin feltthe hollows flaked...
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...
FAREWELL by George Freek
FAREWELLBy George Freek
FAREWELL (After Tu Fu)
Now we have to part.You go in one direction,I go in the other.Will we be drunk together,ever again? Last...
LEAPING WITH YOUR LEGS LOCKED by Don McLeod
LEAPING WITH YOUR LEGS LOCKEDBy Don McLeod
Excerpt from the full-length poetry book (Leaping With Your Legs Locked)
Leaping With Your Legs Locked(section 4)
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...
CLARITY by Irene Mitchell
CLARITYBy Irene Mitchell
Premonition
Fallen grapes eaten beneath the vines’ enclosure.All those annoying twists and tangles.
Wiser not to dwell on complexitybut feast on...
LOVELY DREAMS by Mitchel Montagna
LOVELY DREAMSBy Mitchel Montagna
For Ann, 1953-1970
There’s darkness ahead, with reels of grief.But on Christmas Eve nobody could know.They gathered in church to voice their...