BEFORE TOMORROW CAME by Carol Lynn Grellas
Before Tomorrow Came In this pandemic, I’m thankful for the chanceto say, I love you, because there’s notalways tomorrow when the world’s been throwna curveball. Where’s Superman when you needhim? I thought I could do it, you...
WINTER IN DELHI by Anvesh Jain
WINTER IN DELHIby Anvesh Jain
Tuesdays are to Anjaneyar
I wish I didn’t have to thinkAbout my hands coiled in red string,Performing ablutions on a dirty mugAs the water seeps through my knuckles. I wish I didn’t have...
NUEVO LAREDO by Paul Bamberger
NUEVO LAREDOby Paul Bamberger
Life As A Thirty Second Sound Bite
would he find a way out or was it simply too much trouble the grandeur of simplicity too unattainable the idea of get on with...
LISTENING TO SILENCE by RC deWinter
reality 2.1
wrapped in shrouds of selfwe’re everywhereinescapable impenetrableglued to worlds we seebut cannot touchremaking realityto be what we want it to be
pedalling furiouslyto keep uppush ahead
break throughtime and space
to a differentbetter (we think) placethan...
LOST by Allen Vega
LOSTby Allen Vega
I’m lost, a child walking through the night, walking among the woods. The moon hiding behind the clouds, shows its face from time to time. I can see my breath in the...
POEM FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS by Tom Carter
POEM FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDSby Tom Carter
When I look on you, I seeA land that is your own:
Un-pioneered ravines and hills, overgrown,Uncharted streams and dales, valleys
Nooked in darkness still, unsown,Fertile tracts of ground waiting...
DAYLIGHT ROLLS by Diarmuid ó Maolalaí
DAYLIGHT ROLLSby Diarmuid ó Maolalaí
DAYLIGHT ROLLS
daylight rollslike trains on train tracksonward, very steady,very hot and business-like.COLD AS A COAT FROM THE CLOSET
winter comesbrittle and thick soupy.lather soaking upwardin a draft of rotten leaves. it...
RULE BEYOND by Daniel King
RULE BEYONDby Daniel King
Kalpa Adept
I am alone, eternal and oneFollow my journey, the waterline’s forceGalaxies and the Rift,The Earthlight that burns,Twin-born I reign allInfinity’s son.
Afterglow’s warmth others will yieldCold ways a last choiceBut old.Kalpas...
MAN UP by Frank Modica
MAN UPby Frank ModicaMan UpGood Catholic boys in button down shirtsand blue jeans fought on the school playground,rising and falling in the masculinity standings.This brutal competition snared everyone,large and small, Polish, Italian,or Irish, and...
THE ALCHEMIST, GRASPING FOR MEANING by John Sweet
THE ALCHEMIST, GRASPING FOR MEANINGby John Sweet
incantation for the refused
the rumor of your death orthe lie that is your life
bothmaybeand at the same time
sunlight and famine andunpaid bills
the news of warwhich is how...