Category Poetry
Kashiana Singh – 3 Poems
Howls quiet, tears dry, homes empty, streets/Heavy with wounds after wounds. By now,/Sleep has become a ghazal that repeats itself—/Every...
Johnny Elder – 2 Poems
We walk along slowly, as a way of catching our breath,
holding it close and unpolluted, the old radio,
in front of...
James Sutherland-Smith – 3 Poems
I could do with a distraction/from the singing line,/the soft wail of the past/and noisy electronic riffs of the present./Let...
Mark Belair – Bio
Mark Belair’s poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Alabama Literary Review, Harvard Review, and Michigan Quarterly Review. He is…
Mark Belair – 5 Poems
A playground/in hard rain stands/deserted, swings still, slides/beaded and puddled, heavy drops/jeweling the jungle gym/while trembling
Walter Heineman – 3 Poems
here in the lowland vines and tall grasses/there are plenty of fears/but i can live with that/because i get to...
Velgarde – Wednesday Poem
We watched the grownups jump over the flames, control the fire, celebrate. No one explained the magic celebration to...
Matt Thomas – 3 Poems
As soon as the lesson is learned
it’s a rock littering the side of the road
next to the Watch for Falling...
Paul Smith – 3 Poems
I can feel it coming\the last one\the lungs tip it off\coughing\pushing that last bit of\atmosphere up up and away
Diane Webster – 3 Poems
She washed the bar of soap\with my saliva as I spit\black and green in the sink\and thought,\“This tastes like shit!”