Category Poetry
Maureen Clark – 3 Poems
I wait for the goddess of mercy
the one who perceives\the sounds of the world\which means she might hear me
Christiana Doucette – 3 Poems
Oh, sky that certain clear cold blue, we go/back. We are washing dishes here/suds between our fingers. Indoor. But fear/places...
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal – 3 Poems
I/wander off to/a carnival where/madmen think/away strange/and unimaginable/things, like becoming/small as a grain/of salt, disappearing,/almost invisible.
Patricia Farrell – 3 Poems
Are you stepping onto the rungs? Clenching/cold mettle in your hands?/Remember this. The last step/is hardest, as if you didn’t...
Jeff Mock – 3 Poems
This is our Serbia. This
Is our Syria. This is our neo-
Nazi superiority. This
Is our Selma, our Watts,...
Scott Hutchison – 3 Poems
You’ve been winning the chalking and charcoal wars
against acne—so you hope your face is inert and in the clear
when Miz...
Smitha Vishwanath – 3 Poems
Burgundy, the colour of cherries
we got at the Farmer's market in Germany-
We paid for strawberries; the cherries came free.
They tasted...
Yuan Changming – 3 Poems
Every flower that catches sight of you
Begins to bloom against the season
Peter Mladinic – 3 Poems
Heavy equipment, near River,
made a developer’s dream reality.
The woods’ edge a slope,
in brush, feeling stings, swatting bees.
Salvatore DiFalco – 3 Poems
The plastic cup knocked over by the wind
startles you in mid-thought. It held
ashes that scatter over the parquet floor.
No need...