DEAR HERON by Danielle Hanson
DEAR HERONBy Danielle Hanson
Dear Heron
You have grown tired of my presence.I am a ghost haunting the wrong house.You are the knowing inhabitant of my...
THE ASIAN SHOPKEEPER By Kay Merkel Boruff
THE ASIAN SHOPKEEPERBy Kay Merkel Boruff
The Asian Shopkeeper
My eyes adjust to the darkness,a darkness crowded with antiques splayed in discord.Candles silhouette artists’ legacies rendered...
THE BICYCLE by Mark Jamieson
THE BICYCLEby Mark Jamieson
Gettysburg
Gettysburg, park on the hill.Elevator to fourth floor.Riding boots. Walk to supper,Across the street and next door.Old tavern, downstairs, bricksAnd candles, a...
THE ARENA by Doug Bolling
THE ARENAby Doug Bolling
Once More
Summer of 2018 along the Gulf.Our journeys toward an undecidedFar off but strangely near.The quickening winds from the south,Touch of...
SOFTLY ABOVE by Roger Singer
SOFTLY ABOVE
the last clouds of dayare rooms overthe ocean,curtains of moisturereabsorbed,exposing aa carpet of stars,glistening sweetnessnourished by angelsas we trespassbeneath heaven
WET
CARDINAL SINS by Kushal Poddar
Cardinal Sins
One cardinal cheepsNear your sinful pane,Open in summer wind,
Near your bedpost failingTo disentangle the white shirtOf the other man. You wearThe black boxers,...
PARACHUTE by William Ogden Haynes
The Undead
With a tip of the hat to Sam Kinison.
I think about Frankenstein, the mummy, zombies, ghosts,vampires, Nosferatu, poltergeists and revenants. All of them
THE FORREST by Omar Alexandre
THE FORRESTBy Omar Alexandre
you can look and you can touch
a guy gave me head todayand my next door neighbor saw us
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...
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER REGRETS by Linda K. Miller
They Came. They Saw. They Left.
Driving through the soft rolling hills ofArkansas at 3 AM we saw the speedinglights of a UFO cross the next ridge, hesitate,then flash...
