Howie Good Flight Attempting to trick my mind into a calmer state, I visualized my anxious inner self floating up out of my body – up past a rooftop billboard with the message “Your message here,” up past fat white clouds sailing for home like a fleet of Spanish treasure ships, up past an abandoned […]
Read MoreSteve Klepetar The Secret’s Weight Tell me how you got there, I say, wondering at his ragged coat and torn boots, but though he smiles, he will not speak, as if he could no longer bear the secret’s weight on this cold night of fog and rain. In his most recent nightmare, Steve Klepetar is […]
Read MoreJohn Grey New Estate Trees are hacked down, pulled out from the roots, all in the name of Shady Acres. John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident whose latest books, “Covert” “Memory Outside The Head” and “Guest Of Myself” are available through Amazon.
Read MoreGerald Friedman Night by the Convenience Store As the speaker blasts opera to repel homeless people, one man hides behind the dumpster warmed by Un bel di. Gerald Friedman watches birds, grows flowers when he’s lucky, and teaches physics in New Mexico. https://jerryfriedman.wixsite.com/my-site-2
Read MoreGary Grossman Communalities Bats do that at times, flap into my thoughts then careen around my brain, till I find some way of setting them free, ink— wet, on a shiny page. Gary Grossman’s poetry book, Lyrical Years is forthcoming (2023) from Kelsay Press, and his graphic novel My Life in Fish: One Scientist’s Journey, […]
Read MoreDiana Morley That Fleece Hat cloudy blue, flumpy shape, can be packed flat, rolled up, tied to train tracks, run over, and still fit fine the next day when I pull the frayed black rim down just so, covering up the past ten years. Diana Morley has published several books of poetry and now writes […]
Read MoreSreemanti Sengupta Invisible I am practicing silence like a ballerina tripping over clouds Sreemanti Sengupta writes anything and everything, that is, if she is not watching rom coms. Read her at https://senguptasreemanti.wixsite.com/sree
Read MoreJordan Rader Learn to Love Nonfiction As he looks at me, with tired eyes, I see the stories hidden under his clothes and for the first time, it makes me want to read again. Jordan Rader is staring at their boyfriend while chewing their own nails.
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