DISCUSSING BOY PROBLEMS WITH JFK IN OUR BUNK BEDS AT SUMMER CAMP by Vanessa...
The Migration (Stepping Stones in a Cangshan Mountain Grotto)
1
Last night was a dream of you
crowned by daisies.
The European and the beautiful
The Greek gods.
Of course, you weren’t there when
the sun blared
DONG
, and the great bell...
THE SUITCASE by Alan Massey
The Suitcase
I am waiting for the rain to stop but it won’t let up.The clouds came in before sunset and now there’sno telling whether a sliver of light remains of this day.My ex-wife came...
SPADES by Adam Fenner
Spades
Eight eyes face inward,an imperfect squareMeticulous tick marksA careful scribeFifty two cards,twelve face,thirteen spadesDealer shuffles,a sliding bridgeYou splitKnuckles rapConfidentNot enough for blindDealA flurry of movementCount’emWe good?Good. BidI’ll go nillThe hell you willFour eyes lock,a...
PURITY by Marc Isaac Potter
Purity
Two dozen Purity Roses.
The aroma embraces themLike an aura.
Frederick hands them toKatherine,Five years ago.
Now she stares at his pictureWhile sipping watery iced tea.
And talking with their daughterWhom they never had.
Something New and Hopeful
Pushed off...
INNER FLOW by Navin Manik
Inner Flow
Nothingness could be difficultMirror could be painfulSilence isn't vulnerableSitting still isn't idleHealing isn't necessarily joyfulWisdom isn't just jawful
Simple is so beautifulReal isn't just relatableNaked is very naturalNature is living spiritualLight & dark are...
THE WAIT by Gary Allen
Stranded.
My mother’s bones are like the bleached carcass of a cow whalewho confused by signals in the Sound could not find the way to the open sea –
nature has no pityall things are born,...
IN THE WIND by John Drudge
In the Wind
Over the ridgeWhere we came of ageWhere we saw the endOf forgivenessAnd the slanted windScratching tracksAcross backsOf forlorn beastsWhere we graspedAt strawsAcross nighttime starsAnd wept for the sorrowOf every tomorrowIn the wind
A...
Torquay Summer 2023 by Julia Vaughan
Torquay Summer 2023
Summer Twenty-Twenty Three is bigSo many peopleParked cars wiltingScorching hot, glinting windscreensTowels, chairs and boogie boardsDogs and Eskies
Not many hatsUV Index is Extreme
Bikinis are tinyG-Strings minisculeAbundance of fleshBottoms bouncingSupremely confident
Acceptable on the...
TOURNIQUET HEART by John Sweet
tourniquet heart
early morning coldspring sunlight yr sisterdragged through town by yrmother’s boyfriend and one of themlaughing and one of themwounded
shadows of silent buildings anddying trees and you were15 when you escaped
i was 22 when...
EVELYN by Carrie Magness Radna
Evelyn (no. 141 of Women’s names sensual series)
Mind’s racing every day, but today—it’s stillsince I hung up the phone, the doctor shared with me the news:My sister is now dead—
Now I am all alone...