NEW TESTAMENT by George Held
NEW TESTAMENTby George Held
New Testament
And the land shall open like a giant vaginaallowing the re-birth channel to swallowall the detritus of our sick civilization –the fossil fuel-guzzling auto-mobiles,the stone mansions and cardboard shacks,fences and...
IDENTITY by Jan Wiezorek
IDENTITYby Jan Wiezorek IdentityWho knows that he’sa young male,though all muscleand inbred so muchas to make problemsmanaging identity.He hears tree frogsclick open the legs of a wetland.No one hearsthe swan unfolding her neckagainst bills sucking...
JANUARY by Laura Foley
JANUARYby Laura Foley JanuaryA blizzard of cyclone-cold windwhips snow in Elysian driftsaround Stygian pines,builds fantastical walls around the house,turns familiar woods otherworldly,provides a world of reasons to stay inside,as the finches at the feedergrow more...
NEGLECT by Katherine Carlman
NEGLECTby Katherine Carlman My goodness ... the ache of it Little breaths, shallow thingsLike those tiny puddlesWe used to avoid after a quick rain.There’s not enough oxygen.The air has gotten thin(Or my lungs have gotten thick)My...
LEMONS FOR CLARA by Leslie Philibert
LEMONS FOR KLARAby Leslie Philibert
Lemons for Klara
for Klara Grünzweig 1957-2016
drops of river or ice patches;all of this without your noticebut tough and half eternal
the lemon tree growscool and silent;this makes you remain.
Golem
unholy earth, dark...
RENAMED by Tom Laichas
RENAMED
by Tom Laichas
At the Edge of Air
When the newborn inhales the Breath, flesh and clay still comingle.Between earth and this new animal, there’s no hard edge.
The infant wonders where skin ends, where world begins....