And I, a tuneless savant, your instrument,
Parked in an allotment on a busy street,
Retching for farthings and second-hand graces,
Savage the legs of strangers, hoping to taste love.

Martin Shapiro retired as the Humanities Librarian at American University in December 2021.  His poems have appeared in […]

People disappeared daily.  According to one theory, they sprouted wings and flew away.  Militias  tested this, tossing many from aircraft over the Atlantic.

Fall Forward Traditionally, fall is the season of cozy. Flaming leaves; breezy afternoons; peaceful pumpkin-spiced perspectives. But lately […]

Richard Hedderman’s latest book of poems, Choosing a Stone, was published by Finishing Line Press. He is the […]

We just quit barking, perplexed
By the unusual silence of our masters.

Holly Day has been an instructor at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis since 2000. Her writing has […]

There are myths about people falling into the water after falling in love
With their own reflections, that the face they saw peering out at them
From the rocky depths of fish-fouled water was so fucking beautiful
That they just had to try to kiss it…

Renata was assessing her schedule. She had only two more nights in Munich before returning to Riga. Would it be enough to go to bed with him? She wasn’t, in fact, desperate, but was worried that, if it didn’t happen, Andy would forget her immediately.

Ewa Mazierska is historian of film and popular music, who writes short stories in her spare time. She […]