Category Poetry
Milton James – 3 Poems
When Patroklos died Achilles screamed
and the clouds rained down
because they thought it was thunder.
Timothy Robbins – 3 Poems
She christened him Ernie the second/she pulled him from his breathing box and held him jello-like/way up/shaking him a little/a...
Laurel Benjamin – 2 Poems
I ate pork buns from the Chinese bakery, open
until 8 o’clock, 9th Avenue an opening
to the park, walked from...
Oisín Breen – 3 Poems
And I, a tuneless savant, your instrument,
Parked in an allotment on a busy street,
Retching for farthings and second-hand graces,
Savage the...
Martin Shapiro – 3 Poems
People disappeared daily. According to one theory, they sprouted wings and flew away. Militias tested this, tossing many from aircraft...
Richard Hedderman – 3 Poems
We just quit barking, perplexed
By the unusual silence of our masters.
Holly Day – 3 Poems
There are myths about people falling into the water after falling in love
With their own reflections, that the face they...
Corey Mesler – 3 Poems
Once, I loved someone
and they left for no reason. I said I
wanted to die but I didn’t. I only
wanted...
Dave Seter – 3 Poems
Thought bubble in ink: I can hear someone breathing.
At our family table the breath of blown-out candles.
In my...
DS Maolalai – 3 Poems
what ever happened
to just sleeping in
listening to the neighbours
shitting next door
through thin walls
behind music?