Mike Cole Gifts When you asked where he had been, he couldn’t say, but he had this bouquet of small stars that had arisen from the spaces between his hours, and they were burning him with their need to be given to you. Mike Cole lives and writes and waits on the arrival of poems […]
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Neil Kennedy “I Like How Rain”
Neil Kennedy I Like How Rain I like how rain is both god’s grace and wrath, the way it keeps the plants alive, then drowns them. Neil Kennedy is a poet and librarian. His poetry collection, titled A Jigsaw Puzzle, is available from Finishing Line Press.
Read MoreSteve Klepetar “A Small Electric Storm”
Steve Klepetar A Small Electric Storm When I paid for lunch, left a good tip, my dad was impressed, I could tell, because when he disappeared, the air above us shimmered a little and broke in a small electric storm. Steve Klepetar has never once eaten ice cream for breakfast, but he’d be interested to […]
Read MoreSteve Klepetar “Who Knows?”
Steve Klepetar Who Knows? If only I remembered my Latin, I could dazzle you with an amazing quote right here about war, and wolves, and bees. Steve Klepetar has never once eaten ice cream for breakfast, but he’d be interested to know which flavor you’d suggest.
Read MoreHowie Good “Making Love”
Howie Good Making Love Sometimes it’s like the slow, patient unraveling of the obscure meaning of a passage in a sacred text, and other times more like kids in their parents’ cars doing donuts in an empty parking lot, simple noisy fun, and afterwards, when everything has stopped spinning, we have a floating feeling, as […]
Read MoreJohn Hawkhead (Untitled)
John Hawkhead In the confessional he asks to hear her sins in more detail. John Hawkhead is an award-winning poet from the South West of England. His new book ‘Bone Moon’ from Alba Publishing follows his previous publication ‘Small Shadows’.
Read MoreMariangela Canzi “Shell”
Mariangela Canzi Shell From the sea a shell was stolen, in my hand like an exile it deeply sighs. Mariangela Canzi is an Italian translator who tries writing poems in English.
Read MoreAndrew Arthur “Fields”
Andrew Arthur Fields Out in the fields I have no face. Andrew Arthur is a recent MFA recipient from SF State who will sweat blood to be a successful writer.
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