THE PAIN OF WINTER by Douglas Polk
The Pain of Winter
The tips of fingers numb with cold,Pin-pricks, sharp,The pain, bone chilling,Thoughts of boyhood, walking the tree breaks,Hoping to shoot a pheasant, or duck off the pond,Food for the table,Chores before school,...
CREATE A PLAYLIST FOR THE PERSON YOU USED TO BE by Jess Burnquist
Create a Playlist for the Person You Used to Be
It’s important to do this aloneon a partially cloudy day whennostalgia seeps its lightthough blinds in thinslices of bright demands.
Don’t overthink--addsongs with longing, songslike time...
THE HUMAN PERSONIFIED by Michael L. Correia
THE HUMAN PERSONIFIED
I stand meditatingAt the knotOn my Kentucky cherry wood antique tableCirca Andy JacksonIt looked like the image of an elderlyAmerican statesman of that dayHe sports darkened sideburn whiskers& stern, coal black penetrating...