MYTH BUSTER by Charlie Brice
French For Reading
It was the requirement I most feared. Wehad to pass a language competency examto progress into the Ph.D. program.
I chose French even though my past romancewith that language had been mostly unrequited.I...
HONOR THIS by Amy Nocton
Look at the Moon’s Shards by Amy Nocton
We should not remember how the full moonbroke into so many piecesas she extended herself over the water.
Nor should we recall lands of lemontrees and ruins more...
MY CHILDREN by Andy Conner
My Children
My poems are my children
SeedsDeep inside me
FertiliseDevelop
EmergePart formedWholly dependentNoisy and vulnerable
I worryPetrified their fragilityWill kill themGuard them with my lifeMost surviveA few don’t
I nourish themWith an organic balanced diet ofAdverbs, adjectives,Appropriate poetic devices
Emotional...
PEARL by Keith T. Hoerner
Pearl
Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune
The dollhouseis custom madeto look like my house,our house.My new wife’s idea—for Sarah.
Same front elevation.Duplicate floorplan.
But my step daughter’s attemptto match furniture placementis off.I nudge the miniature hutchto its...
THE END OF THE WORLD by Lauren Koong
The End Of The World.
There is a theorythat the world will be set ablaze,ashes fluttering like snowflakes.Feverish prayers uttered in desperation,falling upon the deaf ears of the Gods.
The destruction of heat will raze the...
GOD’S PLAN by Robert Pegel
God’s Plan
We are all on the same path.Some of us will get there sooner than others.Don’t let your mind be troubled.You will be stuck in a mystery.For as long as your eyes can see,your...
PAINT POEM by LB Sedlacek
Distant Planets Close to Home
No nightor daylocked orbitscorching sidefreezing sidesuper Earthmini Neptuneevaporating waterfrozen wastelandsmall planetdense atmospherenot crushingsuperdense atmospheredistant planetsdistant youhabitable zonehabitable nightsextraterrestrial extremophilescatching existenceconsidering lifewith youI don’tstand achance.
Official Art
Mod podge
there’s somethingto be said for...
TO WELCOME A GIFT by William Pruitt
What Am I Doing, Why Am I Here
I dream I am playing a character whose actions I understand only as the story goes on. I am a powerful man who has my friends arrest...
THE WOMAN IN AN IMAGINARY PAINTING by Tom Montag
from"The Woman in an Imaginary Painting"
The days have a roundness,morning and night, darknessand light, turn and return,the months, the seasons.
In her kitchen, the yellowwall holds a flatnessagainst which her nakednesscurves, lovely as the blush
at...
THE VIRTUE OF LAZINESS by Mark O’Flynn
Hand to Mouth
As a picture of modern urban povertyit almost breaks your heart.Old Mother Hubbard’s bare boned cupboard,her dog drooling optimistically.What happened to Mr. Hubbard?Down the pub most likely, drinking away the family savings;run...