SOME LIVING STRUCTURE IN THE UNDERLYING THOUGHT
SOME LIVING STRUCTURE IN THE UNDERLYING THOUGHTBy Carol Frith
Lepidopteron
A mourning cloak butterfly flashing winter maroonemerges from the creek willows,
its dark wings the lost cause of some velvet sadness:bitters in the willow bark.
A long migration...
LOVE IS IN THE PROOF – By Dr. Peter Scheponik
LOVE IS IN THE PROOFBy Dr. Peter Scheponik
Pond Song
Today the pond has visitors, Canadian geese,an even dozen gliding across its rippling surface,the geese dip gracefully among the reedsrigid with December’s breath.They are a prayer...
POEMS – By Osip Mandelstam, translated by Don Mager
POEMSBy Osip Mandelstam / translated by Don Mager
Untitled
Accept as gladness from my palmsA little sun and a little honeyAs the bees of Persephone directed.
Not to be untied is an unmoored boat,Not to be heard...
FINGERNAIL CLIP #2 – By Kevin Rabas
FINGERNAIL CLIP #2By Kevin Rabas
Fingernail Clip #2
Running late,playing brushes tonight,and loading big metalcymbal and snare stands in,tricky on the fingers,so I’m in the parking lotstanding, quickly clipping my nails,so the finger clippings don’t stickto...
FATHER AND SON – By Richard Pacheco
FATHER AND SONBy Richard Pacheco Father and SonMy father waited for meit took 21 years of tryingthree doctors proclaimedmy mother would never have childrenthen she arrived at menopauseand oops at last I was thereand the...
SONGS OF INSURRECTION – Poems by Ben Nardolilli
SONGS OF INSURRECTIONPoems by Ben Nardolilli
Office Politeness
Super politeness sweatsFrom the cubicle wallsAnd echoes through halls,Corridors I knowHold and reflectWhispers of thoseWho know meBut cannot see meApproaching at the moment,Come aggression,Come out from your meetings,Come...
COFFEE MUG by ABU MUSA TAREQ – Translated by Afruza Khanom PhD
COFFEE MUG by Abu Musa TareqTranslated by Afruza Khanom PhD
Coffee Mug
One vacant step away from you and-This poet will breathe through your most secret thoughtsBeneath the diamond studded sky, the poet walks along a...
BEYOND THE BOUQUET – Poems by Greg Moglia
BEYOND THE BOUQUETPoems by Greg Moglia
BEYOND THE BOUQUET
I give her the bouquet with what I dare to call a loveShe takes it with a thanks, it’s lovely but then gets to workSnips away the...
TERRA COM SAL – Poems by Pierre Sotér
TERRA COM SALPoems by Pierre Sotér
Terra com salto the memory of Fernando Pessoa
Ó ser mudado,Ó alma colossal,quanto do teu estado,não é nem foi dado,por algo quebrado,por nada fatal.Ó mar irado,Ó longo areal,quanto do teu...
SELFIEDOM – Poems by Clark Holtzman
SELFIEDOMPoems by Clark Holtzman
MY ACCEPTANCE
says nothing about the quality of your offer.My acceptance is sacred in this faithless sort of way.My acceptance builds upon many lesser optionsthat, in any event, have minds of their...