Tag: poetry
Two Poems|Linda Crate
thorns of rage my legacy was never to be grovel at the feet of anyone not sure why you expected submission from the queen of chaos, but you did and i resisted; even cheated death when you sent your missives of darkness after me i just returned them to sender— […]
Two Poems|Kenneth Pobo
STROLLING WITH WALT Yesterday Walt Whitman and I visited the Arboretum, cold and snow sloppy, but he’s dead and feels fine. I’m alive and good conversation warms me up. Walt asked about my America–was it a land of promise? We can be sure of some promises–someone will die of gunfire. Everyday. We can be […]
Two Poems|Karol Nielsen
New Yorker I remember the Peruvian band in the subway station when I first moved to New York. I stopped and listened and it was magical. I was so green then that a man on the subway platform said, You’re not from New York. I wondered how you acquired New York cool. I watched […]
Two Poems|John Grey
THE IMMIGRANT’S TALE How did I reach the wall? One day I’m living in this small shack in the jungle. The next, the battle between soldiers and rebels razes a nearby village. I know there’ll be no justice done. So, I head north with a purpose. May I come into your country? […]
Three Poems|Glen Armstrong
Requiem for Pandora She invented the sentence fragment and a new way of appearing humble. Her friends would stop by to coax her out of her funk. They tethered their dogs to a motorcycle parked in the shade. Only one of her eyes was misshapen. Overnight, the bricks would cool […]
Four Poems|Christian Garduno
8:30 Madison Standard Time The nights never used to be this long you clumsy angel you call falling flying not alone when moonlight’s in your room You crack me in half like a pill of yours my next conniption fit Melt me down Impossible is only impatience Coup de Foudre […]
Two Poems|Cheryl Vargas
Off my mark Smack on the lips! The kiss on the cheek went awry. Overshot my target three inches left. Landed on his mouth. It all happened so quickly. I followed through. Although completed with a subpar version of my best work, like some knockoff Gustav Klimt. The train slipped the track. Why didn’t […]
Two Poems|Bruce McRae
Letter From You A letter from you is like a slap on the backside. A letter from you is as rare as chickens singing. Surely the postman has accomplished a great task, affection’s courier, messenger of longings, agent of deliverance. A letter from you is scented and stamped. It’s travelled far. The […]
Three Poems|Ann Privateer
They Say The eyes are the windows Of the soul, my father’s sky blues Captivated me to look and listen My grandfather’s grey blue eyes Taught me to strike the match When he lit his pipe And help fill his wagon with beer bottles My son’s laughing blue eyes keep happy Even in the dimmest […]
See Naples and Die|Allan Lake|Poetry
Catchy slogan, that one. Caught me. I had thought death a mere metaphor or, at worst, result of botched interaction with local mafia but, upon arrival in that beautiful and infamous southern Italian city, developed a small cough. I coughed in the B&B when I should have slept, coughed over cornetti and morning espresso, […]