THE DRINKING POEM by Jesse Domingos
THE DRINKING POEMby Jesse Domingos
What’s In a Name
Who was he?The man I am named after, Jesse.A king, a warrior?No,
A shepherd...
STARS by Cecilia Devine
STARSby Cecilia Devine
AugustWhat would you thinkIf I told youI dreamt ofyour open-mouthed kisses on my neckAndyour touch against my leg-stained with the Redwood Earth?You and I hidden altogether...
SELF-BOUND by Clara Leo
SELF-BOUNDby Clara Leo
Do You Feel That?
Do you feel that?That’s how it feels to be corporeal and temporal,To have your soul picked among the billions,More...
IN A PORTUGUESE FIELD by George Moore
IN A PORTUGUESE FIELDby George Moore
In a Portuguese Field
A dolmen by abandoned railsthat cross this terrible, empty fieldin lower Europe, and the gravetoppled sometime...
PLEASURES OF THE STREET by R.T. Castleberry
PLEASURES OF THE STREETby R.T. Castleberry PLEASURES OF THE STREETStanding in the doorwaytrying to make outwho’s crying in the flamesSister says it’s redhead Judasshe can place it in the Holy WordSheriff leans from...
LOWER THE BLINDS by Edward Bonner
LOWER THE BLINDSby Edward Bonner
A faint murmured word spoken with a stunning smile.Like opening your eyes in the early morning and gazing at Jupiter all alone.A surreal glow...
SAND CRABS by Melinda Giordano
SAND CRABSby Melinda Giordano
Sand Crabs
The salt-sparkled sandDrummed with lifeBeneath the yielding crust.And the caverns and tunnels,Blind and subterranean,Hid from the inconvenient seaThat drew closer With...
YOU HAD ME AT GOODBYE by Alan Berger
YOU HAD ME AT GOODBYEby Alan Berger
All the things you left behind.Your toothbrush, your pillow, where you would rest your restless mind.The book you wrote and read out...
ELVIS by Gayle Compton
ELVISby Gayle Compton
Elvis
The whole world's gone crazy!Gone hog wild over Elvis Presley and thatold sinful rock and roll!Daddy slams his big coal miner's fiston...
I SEE THE GREAT CITIES by Joseph A. Dandurand
I SEE THE GREAT CITIESby Joseph A. Dandurand
I did not gatherwe are all here for thesame reason or anotherand the breaths we take inand out and in and...
