Category Poetry
Ron Riekki – 3 Poems
I
remember how, when he finished, when he stood up and disappeared, I just
looked up at the sky, softly bleeding, the...
John Tustin – 3 Poems
All that is left now/Is to climb over the tower/Using eyes that see beyond seeing/To find that there is no...
James King – 3 Poems
I cannot recommend general anesthesia:/the room cold, the nurses all-business/as they move you to the table on three.
William Welch – 3 Poems
The sun pretends it doesn’t know where it’s going /each night. Its boat just follows the ocean currents,/like blood flowing...
Frank William Finney – 3 Poems
I made you nothing for dinner tonight,/though the fridge was full/and I had the time
Virginia Aronson – 4 Poems
The moon goes up/the moon goes down/and still she's saying oh/mother, the world,/it's so rotten, let's die/together.
Timothy Robbins – 3 Poems
Just once I want blood to flood/his cheeks — the Red Drake,/the Communist Flag, the/Land of the Rising Sun/rising to...
Rachel Markell – 3 Poems
he takes a fist full of boiled peanuts
brown juice swelling under his fingernails
regally goes to work sucking out the pale...
Hiram Larew – 3 Poems
When I turn into twigs now/my sap dives deeper/and the claps/clap louder
Shoshauna Shy – 3 Poems
The woman who’s dating my daughter’s boyfriend has feathers tied to the laces of her boots, and trundles off with...