CategoryPoetry

Posted October 8, 2019 Poetry

Getting Yourself Home

by Douglas Cole I’m walking home from Charlie and Yumi’s house. Maybe it’s after one. Mist is sliding through the live oak trees, and I’m figuring out the geometry of … Continue Reading Getting Yourself Home

Posted May 2, 2019 Poetry

The old man in the cage

by Sean Lause

Posted April 28, 2019 Poetry

Pining

by Alison Turtlott

Posted April 23, 2019 Poetry

Hereditary

By Catherine Moscatt It’s one of those nights The tectonic plates in my mind Are moving again We seem to be due For an earthquake I share my fears, unburden … Continue Reading Hereditary

Posted April 14, 2019 Poetry

Big Ones

by Meghan Sterling

Posted March 21, 2019 Poetry

Upon the Discovery of the Existence of Another Golden Calf

By Holly Day This is how God must have felt looking down at His people dancing around the golden calf when they thought His back was turned, surreptitiously kissing fist-sized … Continue Reading Upon the Discovery of the Existence of Another Golden Calf

Posted March 19, 2019 Poetry

Chant

By Sanjeev Sethi Incompleteness in completion taunts my morningtide. Scowl to surface I alter ways. Fulfill- ment in frame is quintessence of essay. Ineluctability of end sets me off to … Continue Reading Chant

Posted March 5, 2019 Poetry

What Makes Me Mad

By Margaret Lozier Interjection! Insert opinion . . . ____here. I wasn’t aware that you Was the one to which I Was conversing. Objection! Insert opinion . . . ____here. … Continue Reading What Makes Me Mad

Posted February 21, 2019 Poetry

The Song

By Carol Hamilton Rilke says breath is the poem. God sighed us into existence, a longing for company. The emptied chairs around the table cry out to be filled. Once again … Continue Reading The Song

Posted February 17, 2019 Poetry

86’d

By Omar Alexandre i don’t write anymore instead i use emojis and post cat filtered selfies with approvingly categorized stylish corpses who dream of finding love behind black mirrors to … Continue Reading 86’d

Posted February 7, 2019 Poetry

Mount Everest Longs For the Moon

By Jonathan Travelstead for Tamara I know your face’s stone ash when it circles close. Your furthest ellipse has so long tugged my peak with gravity’s black hand … Continue Reading Mount Everest Longs For the Moon

Posted February 4, 2019 Poetry

Trunk Touching

By Carol Hamilton It was too much after all that longing, finally a trip to the real circus. The years of dashing down our street to watch animal cages and … Continue Reading Trunk Touching

Posted December 18, 2018 Poetry

What If

by Faith Diaz every floweryou ever pick,wilts at your touch, every kissyou ever plantseeps venom instead of passion, and every timeyou slowly outline my fingers,they melt away into someone else’s; … Continue Reading What If

Posted November 13, 2018 Poetry

It Was Early Evening

by Richard P. Mayer The wind blew open the door and Ozzie materialized. He slid in sideways, a faded reflection un-detected. A swarm of workaholics were struggling to decompress, swathed … Continue Reading It Was Early Evening

Posted October 9, 2018 Poetry

hometown

by Alahnna Balmeo Alahnna Balmeo was born in California, where she learned how to curse, but not swim. She was previously mentioned in the San Diego CityBeats as a … Continue Reading hometown

Posted October 2, 2018 Poetry

Cold Spin

By Kaja Weeks Cold Spin My sister is fifteen, I am eight. We’re on the ice wearing white leather skates. She—lanky, scowling, a brown ponytail swaying as she … Continue Reading Cold Spin