MY FAVORITE NIECE by Patrick Mahoney
MY FAVORITE NIECEBy Patrick Mahoney
THE BASEMENT OR THE ATTIC
The line is long and never-endingAs it winds throughout the skyAcross the clouds that hide the...
SELF TALK by Emily Butler
SELF TALKBy Emily Butler
Self Talk
Looks like somebody forgot to take their Dylar this morning.
Did you wake up on the wrong...
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...
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
LATE AT NIGHT by Daniel Senser
LATE AT NIGHTBy Daniel Senser
Late at Night
The clock is drunk and I’m too soberTo sit and listen to it unwind.Each tick and tock of...
ON VIEWING THE CORPSE OF MY MOTHER-IN-LAW by Nolo Segundo
ON VIEWING THE CORPSE OF MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
By Nolo Segundo
How could this –thing, have been her?Lying shriveled and small on the bedAs those who loved...
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...
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)
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
INVITATION by Gloria Monaghan
INVITATIONBy Gloria Monaghan
Invitation
The road is waiting for you to walkinto the open air
into the slightly grey day