THE CLOSED DOOR by Mukund Gnanadesikan
THE CLOSED DOORby Mukund Gnanadesikan
THE CLOSED DOOR
The closed door never opens
Unless a hand so brave
Can brave...
MIDLIFE by Timothy Robbins
MIDLIFEby Timothy Robbins
Midlife
You go to bed early. The typewriter(which stutters) is locked in the closetfor fear it will write somethingbeautiful. It does anyway, clatteringon...
EQUINOX SWINGS by Anca Vlasopolos
EQUINOX SWINGSby Anca Vlasopolos
Equinox Swings
you’d think equinox means scales perfectly balancedour tilting world for once in harmony
yet the arc of...
I TRAVELED by Kai Raine
I TRAVELEDby Kai Raine
Heart
An apartment buried in booksA nose buried in pagesEyes that fill and spill.Pages smudge.Face in a pillow,Muffled screams?Sobs?Cries.
REFUSALS by Jeanette L. Miller
REFUSALS
by Jeanette L. Miller
REFUSALS (after watching Jean Cocteau’s “Orphee”)Death calls him from the mirrorbut men can’t reach her alive.The mirror remains only mirroruntil Orpheus puts...
SURFERS by Byron Beynon
SURFERSBy Byron Beynon
BOB DYLAN: BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
The strong cardboard sleeve camewith Till's photographas the back cover turnedto an illustration by Oppenheim;I'd heard Dylan...
THE CIRCLE by Marc Carver
THE CIRCLEby Marc Carver
AMBIVALENCE
The man stands at the barhe tries to talk to everyone who comes to the barbut most ignore himI don't know...
THE ARROWS by Herbert Martin
THE ARROWS
by Herbert Martin
The Arrows,ate into Saint Sebastian’s freshlike liquid acid,like somethingapplied to antiquesto preserve them,or prepare themfor a market thatwill pay millionsof dollars,...
FOR EMILY by Joe Murphy
FOR EMILYby Joe Murphy
For Emily In Remembrance
It seems your years were set too closely together:When one toppled, all the others fell.
POST WAR BABY by Timothy Dyson
POST WAR BABYby Timothy Dyson
POST WAR BABYI never knew my birth motheryet, she gave me more than lifeOn a small velvet turntablesix babies put out for choosingThe young...