Steve Klepetar New Year At the end of the year, as the brothers part company, one turns, his shadow to the wall, the other smiles and leaps out into the cold, green sea, as many winds and waves conceal his body, which winds through watery miles, and now both feel cut in two, incomplete despite their […]
Read MoreGil Hoy Simile Rest in peace defunct T. Rex, mythical dinosaur king with erector set jaws, your ecological footprint so sizeable that the earth couldn’t support you— like the carbon footprint of the Futtsu Thermal Power Station, its parents grandparents brothers and sisters. Gil Hoy‘s poems are like ….
Read MoreTim Philippart At Least Peek When it comes time, remember, I registered for the sunset departure, so, if the sun is not sliding demurely into crystal waters, behind gauzy veils of cloud, then, open the box, I am not dead. Tim Philippart sold his business about two years ago and started writing, proof to wit […]
Read MoreDaniel Birnbaum Shopping When she goes shopping she always says “I’ll be quick” in a reassuring tone and I am sure she honestly tries to be as quick as possible but shopping follows another planet’s time. Daniel Birnbaum likes to give short poems long thoughts.
Read MoreJ. R. Solonche Someday Someday the last poet in the world will write the world’s last poem, and someday the last reader in the world will read it and say to herself, “Where is Emily Dickinson when you need her?” J. R. Solonche is author of Beautiful Day (Deerbrook Editions), Won’t Be Long (Deerbrook Editions), Heart’s […]
Read MoreJ. R. Solonche Local Politics We’re over Nebraska, and the sky is still blue. J. R. Solonche is author of Beautiful Day (Deerbrook Editions), Won’t Be Long (Deerbrook Editions), Heart’s Content (Five Oaks Press), Invisible (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by Five Oaks Press), and The Black Birch (Kelsay Books).
Read MoreJ. R. Solonche Wordsworth Redux Late and soon, the world is too much with us on the phone. J. R. Solonche is author of Beautiful Day (Deerbrook Editions), Won’t Be Long (Deerbrook Editions), Heart’s Content (Five Oaks Press), Invisible (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by Five Oaks Press), and The Black Birch (Kelsay Books).
Read MoreCindy Bousquet Harris Tantrum I’ve become a yellowjacket layering its paper nest, an avalanche of fishhooks, wishbone wrestler punching the mat, the comet’s frigid tail of debris. Cindy Bousquet Harris loves to watch the sky and listen to the trees.
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