Amy Baskin Dominion They said the sun never set on the British Empire, nor does it now upon my desk, here in the corner, barricaded by walls and buffered from all forms of natural light and darkness by the glow of fluorescent bulbs as I reign supreme, regardless of the earth’s relative position to the […]
Read MoreJ. R. Solonche 5 O’Clock, 5 Bourbons, 5 Women It doesn’t mean a damn thing, but it is a great title isn’t it? J. R. Solonche has been publishing in magazines, journals, and anthologies since the early 70s and is author of six poetry collections.
Read MoreKyle Hemmings Breadcrumbs She feeds breadcrumbs to the birds until they stop visiting and she has to eat the stale pieces herself, feeling a fluttering in her throat. Kyle Hemmings wishes he could play in an obscure ’60s garage band but he’s too young.
Read MoreSean Tierney The Sunset Witch The sunset witch stole my arms on a hot night when the sky was dirty, like the back of a refrigerator, and all I can do is stare at the many doors in my life that’ll never be opened again. Sean Tierney is an American poet living with the green […]
Read MoreM.J. Iuppa To Destination Scopello, Sicily, 2018 No street signs, only switch- back roads rising to blind turns spinning us down dusty corridors walled by cacti and sprays of fuchsia, not knowing what lies ahead is a cliff hanger: freshly squeezed blood orange sun incandescent sea M.J. Iuppa ‘s fourth poetry collection is This Thirst […]
Read MoreMelanie Du Bose Paper Boats They’re folded together so carefully these words, which sink without a sound in a lake, that is not really a lake, but a blown up pool in someone’s front yard, the neighbors sigh and close the curtains wishing we’d keep our poverty and kids in the backyard. Melanie Du Bose […]
Read MoreMark Young geographies: Azul The failure of English pianos due to less effective parental discipline was par- ticularly noticeable in the Argentine. Mark Young‘s most recent book is les échiquiers effrontés, a collection of surrealist visual poems laid out on a chessboard grid, just published by Luna Bisonte Prods.
Read MoreMark Young geographies: Roscommon In isolation, adipose tissue reduces the microcosm that is Ireland into a gated community of various migratory & local birds who share a propensity to commit mass suicide when new epidemic diseases appear. Mark Young‘s most recent book is les échiquiers effrontés, a collection of surrealist visual poems laid out on […]
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