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By John Nizalowski Pecos Pueblo Rattlesnake There it lay— wary, yet quiescent. People gathered round to view the splendid reptile. One tourist in shorts and a Cape May t-shirt stepped … Continue Reading “Pecos Pueblo Rattlesnake”, “Cemetery Soul”, “The Aged Gods”, “Eternity”, and “Saturday Afternoon”
By Michele Worthington Apollo brings a camera to the moon Right there right there is mother lazuline! blue jewel floating bright in black abyss round Eden twinned in swirling nothingness … Continue Reading “Apollo brings a camera to the moon” and “Stethoscope”
By Mark Belair MILL HOUSING His was a broken-down rental where our street’s dead end met the mill’s chain-link fence, a house notorious for its sequence of broken-down tenants. Mine … Continue Reading “MILL HOUSING” and “ROADSIDE POND”
By Zac Holt To Eurydice I’m going to miss you when I am no longer yours. Not that I was ever yours to begin with, but I’ve dreamt of you … Continue Reading To Eurydice
By Lynn Wolfe happiness is fickle just yesterday i was laughing, dancing in the sun, feeling excited about the future. i didn’t think about you. now today, that happiness has … Continue Reading “Happiness is fickle” and “Dear Woman”
By Marc Swan Muzzle Velocity Some would say chipping away but leveling with a blow torch is closer to the truth Just over a month and the world we once … Continue Reading “Muzzle Velocity”, “In the year before the last year” and “Any street”
By John Grey Where I’ve Been I was in a diner and morning clientele were a cross-section of inner city lowlifes. The waitress’s name was Sally and she spilled coffee … Continue Reading “Where I’ve Been”, “The Coal Miner” and “Prism”
By River Potter A woman by the name of Elizabeth Wurtzel once said, “A human being can survive almost anything as long as she sees the end in sight But … Continue Reading Depression, a Poem
By Diane Webster WITHOUT THEM The forest retreats from the dead tree’s trunk as it lies in state among undergrowth worming its way into bleached cracks splitting winter into spring … Continue Reading “Without Them”, “Thin Thoughts”, “In the Closet”, “Between Signs”, and “Shadows Pretend”
By Erick Wilund SOBRIETY I got my glasses fixed this morning The easiest wound to bandage after another fractured night Can I ask you, have I had enough? Is it … Continue Reading SOBRIETY
By Erick Wilund He stands on a frozen pond Before a great block of ice A perfect cube, twice his height The block is cold Dark and dense, a container … Continue Reading Untitled, January 5, 2025
By Erick Wilund Untitled, Thanksgiving. The crows all knew the food would come The fowl and figs and tarts and rum A taste or more Was what they craved Thus … Continue Reading Untitled, Thanksgiving
By Erick Wilund I slam him up against the mirror and push him through with me Rational thought, corporeal as a spider’s web, falls away My smile no … Continue Reading Codependence: A Bedtime Story
By Katie Lipoma Childhood at 94 Elm St. It never rains on summer Saturdaysin Massachusetts where the driveway doesn’tcease to end and pitted brick grazesgolden sky.It’s morning and the clothesline … Continue Reading “Childhood at 94 Elm St.” and “Ballet”
By Steven Pelcman Madness If everyone spoke aloud To themselves you’d think The world mad, yet when My mother speaks to herself I wonder why and question If she is … Continue Reading “Madness” “Yellowstone” “Regret” “Matthew Shepherd” and “Owl”
It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for Marcel Proust Take a moment, imagine you were never loved no self-sympathy more a mental exercise, … Continue Reading Imagine