GNOMON AND GLASS by Robert René Galván
GNOMON AND GLASSby Robert René Galván
Gnomon and Glass *
Time’s wing casts a shadowon the spun world;
The pendulous moonbeats the shore...
ILLUSION by Don Thompson
ILLUSIONby Don Thompson WaningThe crescent moon flat on its backBleeds out, low in the WestWith no stars nearby—witnessesWho didn’t want to get involved. IllusionNo wind, but sparrows like leavesScatter as if blown away,Undoing a...
FLOWERS SCENES FOR THE PRRIE-DIEU by Anna Evas
FLOWERS SCENES FOR THE PRIE-DIEUBy Anna Evas
1 Wisteria
How is it, being real,you evoke the unreal?In Tuam,
your aerial lavenderssuggest a soiree...
ACROSS MY BROW by Thad Elmore
ACROSS MY BROW
by Thad Elmore
Beyond the fence
I keep a garden out back just beyond the fenceIf you stand on a...
NAILS by Jennifer Lauren Collins
NAILSby Jennifer L. Collins NailsYou used to paint your nails,fluttering them in the airaround us as if they were mosquitosto dart and stingtheir color along clothingor my cheek,threatening feminine touchwhile drying on makeshift...
VELIMIR KHLEBNIKOV’S POETRY translated by Boris Kokotov
VELIMIR CHLEBNIKOV POEMStranslated by Boris Kokotov
I don't know whether the Earth is spinning or not...
I don't know whether the Earth is spinning or not, It...
GHOST GUMS by Jan Napier
GHOST GUMSby Jan Napier
PINK QUARTZ PEBBLE
Who knows how to speak the philosophy of stone?Each pebble dust humble but not easily formed for all that. Born...
THESE ARE THE OPEN ARMS by Ralph Geeplay
THESE ARE THE OPEN ARMSby Ralph Geeplay
These Are the Open Arms
You woke me upwhen I was dead,teaching the nightstars wantonly to obeythe Atlantic; then...
ARTISAN by Anthony Lawrence
ARTISANby Anthony Lawrence Leonard CohenAt a Jewish food stall, considering knaidlach, shakshuka and falafel, Leonard Cohen took my order. His apron was dusted with fingerprints. His name badge flashed in the sun as...
MISSING MESSAGES by David Ryan Palmer
MISSING MESSAGESby David Ryan Palmer
The White Letters
Dearest son,I hope this letter finds you well. I have not seen your address since the accident, but my friends here have...
