Category Poetry
Alan Massey – 3 Poems

It's a paper home and
I wonder if I can make paper from it, as
stupid a thought as that is....
Diarmuid ó Maolalaí – 3 Poems

how streetlights at night
in a blossomed car-passage
share some of the function
of flowers; their shines striking raindrops
which settle on...
Zane Schneider – 3 Poems

she sat down
on a tall stool
and
asked for a martini
running her hand
through her wet hair
shaking it dry
Brent Short – 3 Poems

Who could see
in the murk of those first pictures
with their subdued browns,
dismal flat farmhouses,
overcast skies,
what was to come
Smitha Vishwanath – 3 Poems

I'm not an explorer
in search of a spark to ignite my soul
Nor am I an immigrant looking for another man's...
Glenn Ingersoll – 3 Poems

Would you like some raisins, some cheese?
I delve into the pack
that’s been weighing me down,
pulling me back,
causing me grief,
but without...
John Tustin – 3 Poems

There is no love.
There’s black smoke.
There’s cigarette air
and there are automobiles breaking down
in the inclement weather.
Alan Cohen – 2 Poems

Penny, a house dog, relegated to the split level first floor playroom
Sweet and well-behaved until, undogged, undone by thunderstorms
She cowered,...
Neile Graham – 3 Poems

This prosaic autumn morning, on the street,
a robin. I mean: in the street. I mean:
two cars, their wheels within inches,
Thom Young – 3 Poems

I am the American
failure
kissing the sky with a manicured
lawn with skeletons
buried in the backyard