The Last will be First“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” ― Aristotle Cold weather is something poor folksReally wish would passBecause their clothes resemble shredded leaves,And that frigid air can cut an ass. Affluence, vacationing from discomfort,Floats in a champagne bubble.Intoxicated by plutocratic grandeur,The moneyed avoid sobering trouble. The indigent dream of kinder […]
Read more "illustration and poem by BOB MCNEIL"AnimaVillanelle by Kasimma Art is a living flare.Art is detail; art makes souls glow.Art fills your heart with moving air. Art is you, the blues, and prayer.Art is Chi and art is shadow.Art is a living flare. Aesthetes smile. Philistines will sneer,and Nos will pelt you blows, but know…Art fills your heart with moving air. […]
Read more "2 form poems from Kasimma "Feelz Trip I got tired of pushing sublime at my students. William Cowper, Lord Byron, James Thomson, Samuel Rogers?! Let’s just say those old boys weren’t hitting under the busted-up ceiling panels and flickering fluorescent lights of my classroom. My students were squirming in the hard plastic cells of their desks, so I decided to […]
Read more "FEELZ TRIP ~ Tim Staley"I. How do you pack if your suitcase is suddenly just your own without your sister coming along to crowd the other half? You have space for sweaters, a coat, your anxiety, a few more pairs of pants, and the extra money your parents tuck into the suitcase’s lining for you, but the extra room […]
Read more "4 POEMS FROM Shauri Cherie"From the public employee protecting trees For Mr. Good of Northeast Columbus Dear Mr. Good, Of the 149 comments we received, yours was the one that made me laugh aloud. How could you have known that the “meddling parasitic bureaucrat” to read your words truly will “wax poetic about tree policy”? I know others are […]
Read more "Rosalie Hendon ~ From the public employee protecting trees"FiguresIt’s January so that means nothing breathes. I’m not sure if I am breathing.I don’t know whose breath is fogging the window pane.
Read more "Esther Sadoff ~ FIGURES"6 new micro poems 1 Note to the poets: All the poems have already been written Use google.com 2 Why do you need wings if you are not a bird? 3 Just grab the emptiness of the apartment with your hands The cat gave birth to dead kittens They are all called Jesus 4 He looked towards the burning sea and said to me And […]
Read more "6 new micro poems ~ Mykyta Ryzhykh"KATHE KRUSE STELLA DOLL, VERIFIES NO U-TURN Hitler Youth master tutors municipal college. A pantomime of liberalism outrages. Baader-Mienhoff deliver her flesh-and-blood vocation. Pogo stick with Luger, disinfects classroom. ~~~ BUCKAROO! TENSES Flags ripple. Argentina’s Consulate is imposing, pompous. Nail bomb serene in rear hooves anticipates kick. Prairie Fire counterfeit sightseeing. National anthem goes unsung. […]
Read more "3 POEMS BY Christopher Barnes"THE TAKE OUT I paddle the kayaks back to the boathouse. First the sea yak with it’s great tracking Then the little yellow one for children And finally the two small blue ones Good for racing because they’re equally handicapped. Now the sailboat’s just a dingly, I lost the sail when i capsized. I swim […]
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