VICTORIA PARK LAKE by Nathanael OReilly
Goulburn
A muddy river
flanked by gums wanders through town
past rope swings hanging
from high branches, rippling around
OLD WORLD MONKEY by Lisa Reily
bucket list
the crackle of plastic as an elephant’s trunk unfurls,
accepts a sugared bag;
gentle eyes and huge eyelashes smile
VIRTUAL REALITIES by John Lambremont
The Solo PerformerThe tiny ballerina, hersummer run long over,limbs brown and withered,hanging hair disheveled,bends stiffly at the hip,shriveled hands stretchedto the tip of an extended toe,frozen in a permanent pose of thanksfor...
LIE WITH ME IN THIS MOMENT by Sarah Stephens
Lie with me in this moment
sink into the book of me
where all my stories wait to be told. Take out the pages
AMULET by Mary Jane White
AMULET
voice of Penelope
62
All the young men came in
But you were never there
Standing...
ALMA DESATADA by Roseangelina Baptista
Alma Desatada
A serração desceu rápida e do-í-da.Veio duma latência em rodeios Açorianos.Solitário rochedo, suspenso em fosca água-lusa.Longe, o coro das oliveiras ao léu.
Açores! Por...
MEMENTO by Bess Amelia Yeager
Scar Tissue Land
I don’t recognize the yellowed veins of wood
chapping into hot, sun-hardened beams. It has been too long
since I...
BE SURE TO SHOW YOUR WORK by Art Sorrentino
Pulse
What of the drum
its timbre a taut
membrane between
beat and rest
systole/
THE HARDEST PART by I.G.
The Hardest Part
This song teleports me back to another time.
The sun was high in the sky, and so was I.
The...
ENCOUNTER WITH EINSTEIN by Ken Schweda
Nixon Resigns
At the skating rink
teachers on patrol,
the rumble, the smell
of floor wax, popcorn.
