Joseph Geskey Illumination For every child I wish the single lumen of a firefly powering a Mason jar will allow you to see something your parents didn’t know was lost in the encroaching night. Joseph Geskey is a physician who lives outside of Columbus, Ohio and hopes that in any conversation with friends that medical […]
Read MoreSteve Klepetar Over There I wonder why my neighbor is over there burying something in the grass by the burned out light rather than in her own back yard, but I guess whatever magic she holds in her capable hands must require this precise mood without intervention or superfluous words. Steve Klepetar does a credible […]
Read MoreJeffrey Hantover The Poem You Didn’t Read This is the poem I didn’t write, the poem you didn’t read, because I wanted the words to be perfect, and anyway there would always be time. Jeffrey Hantover is a poet and novelist.
Read MoreJon Densford Tempus Fugit As you breathe deeply, imagine that time gets more beautiful as it’s running out on you – more like a toy kaleidoscope twisted at twilight than like a sand dial slung off a cliff. As he approaches 73, Jon Densford, of Memphis TN appreciates each safe and healthy morning like it […]
Read MoreAlisa Golden Waiting for News This night I sleep like a migrating bird, one hemisphere lowered out of body, the other roaming dark streets – the high-rise where the recycling center used to be, People’s Park, still peopled and tarped against the University’s reign – and both halves collide when my eyes open, arguing who […]
Read MoreAlisa Golden Like That I dissolve a little with each tablespoon of sugar water for the nectar: a little of me fills each red feeder and waits for a taker, the needle-nose dipstick measuring how much is left, a signal for a refill and another Like, which keeps the circle going. Alisa Golden reads a […]
Read MoreJohn Hawkhead On a snow-dusted path we climb the mountain we’ll never come down. John Hawkhead‘s short-form poetry and artwork have been published all over the world. His two books are ‘Small Shadows’ and ‘Bone Moon’ from Alba Publishing.
Read MoreJohn Hawkhead Between graveyard yews the sound of coffin lids creaking in a crow’s call. John Hawkhead‘s short-form poetry and artwork have been published all over the world. His two books are ‘Small Shadows’ and ‘Bone Moon’ from Alba Publishing.
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