5 POEMS ~ DIANE WEBSTER

FEATHER LIGHT A feather lieslighton its reflectionon the pond;conjoined twinsfloatingin unison. ~ ROYAL FOREST On forest meadowautumn leavesfallenlike royal subjectsbowingbefore kingand queen. ~ DESCENDING VERTIGO Fog and pondconsumedescendingfence postsin a silentfloodof grayvertigo. ~ CLOVER RHYTHM Patrons at a concert —clover heads bobin rhythm with the musicvibrating from the radiountil the song ends…They continuein mute appreciationof […]

BOB MCNEIL ~ Grieve as You Perceive

Grieve as You Perceive Look thru these deliverance-denied eyes: You are now a child from a land beyond this land. All you need is an altruistic hand. What you get instead is a jail bereft of a bed. Look thru these deliverance-denied eyes: You are now a cis woman who demands autonomy over your chosen […]

Jeffrey Zable ~ THE LESSON

When Denis pulled the lever on the firebox in front of the school on a Saturday afternoon, and we hid in the bushes up the street watching the firemen get out of the truck, look around the front of the school, and then get back into the truck and drive away, I didn’t know that […]

Jack D. Harvey ~ ACT OF KIND

Mister slept with Miss;everything fits;dawn’s first light shineson bodies faded and inertweary and wornafter the exertionssuch as we know themof paradisial pleasures;to bring it downto earth and simplicitytwo bodies, one hairy and one smooth,side by side, catching the lightafter a long night of entanglement,not yet awake to the burdenof servitude to love and Eros,to a […]

Steen Rasmussen ~ YOU ARE

Steen Rasmussen YOU ARE You are the symptom And the disease You are the reason And the excuse Nothing makes sense When you’re not around Yet, it does us no good You hanging about And you’re just hanging about now Babies are born And old people die Accidents happen Disasters destroy You give me an […]

John Grey ~ FLYING FIRST CLASS ON A PLANE

FLYING FIRST CLASS ON A PLANE Cashed in pointsso I could do it once in my life.Lots of leg room.Comfortable back.Room at the sides.And attendant alwaysat the ready.Hid my facewhen the economy passengerstrudged slowlythrough the first-class cabinon their wayto the cramped seatsin the back.Couldn’t find the right expressionfor someone who wastaking a couple of hours […]

Lynn White ~ Over the Edge

Over The Edge I’m standing on the edge, at the very end, I’m at the very end as far as I can go without falling and I’m not sure where I’m looking, outwards over the horizon or inwards to some inner depth, the inside of something unclear. If I let myself fall where will I […]

Vern Fein ~ MODERN DAY GLADIATORS:A MODEST PROPOSAL

MODERN DAY GLADIATORS:A MODEST PROPOSAL Hey fans, I’m sick of these barnburners.heart-attack endings, last shot nightmares,even if your team wins, blood pressure rises,hearts palpitate, way too much stress.All you have to look forward to is the next game.Two hours of agony till the last second shot.Enough. Let’s do it like the gladiators of old,mano a […]

Something to Lose ~ William Doreski

Something to Lose Unlike the cars colliding head-on in the other lane, I still have something to lose. Silence in the snowy woods. Cats mingling in graceful curves. Dogs smiling like celebrities. Still, I must attend to the crash. Both drivers look deceased but raise their eyebrows when I ask if they feel like skin-bags […]

5 POEMS ~ Bradford Middleton

AS MY PHONE LAY DYING My phone lay in its cradle breathing its last Breath as it slowly dies in front of my very Eyes. The incessant little beep enough to drive Some out of their sad little minds but for me I Count the moments until they stop or I just put The damn […]

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