Howie Good Writer’s Block Inside my head, there is a great silence, a refrigerated, cellophane-wrapped rose. Howie Good was born like this, he had no choice, he was born with the gift of a golden voice.
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Howie Good “Changing of the Guard”
Howie Good Changing of the Guard I want to shout, “Hey mister!” and throw blood at the wall and decorate my face with it, and if there are guards in the room, they will just shrug and shuffle away, and then the days will erupt in love of country and the nights in dancing rain. […]
Read MoreJ. R. Solonche “Winter Trees”
J. R. Solonche Winter Trees I marvel at how they prepare, at how they lie down while standing as tall as ever in the ground, (at how they look like they are standing as tall as ever while they are lying down), at how they become seeds of themselves again. JR Solonche is author of […]
Read MoreAaron Wiegert “Theological Haiku”
Aaron Wiegert Theological Haiku For a wager with the wrong Deity, Pascal finds himself in Hell. Aaron Wiegert recently bought a new brand of bananas.
Read MoreBrad Rose “Snake Charmer”
Brad Rose Snake Charmer The delicate charms of the snake charmer belong entirely to the snake. Links to Brad’s published fiction and poetry can be found at http://bradrosepoetry.blogspot.com.
Read MoreBrad Rose “The Angry Dead”
Brad Rose The Angry Dead During the excavation, relatives were forbidden from viewing the skeletons, which made them very angry. (A found poem, lines taken from “Bring Out the Dead: How Archeologists Think About Mortality,” Times Literary Supplement, Oct 28, 2016, p.13) Brad is the author of Pink X-Ray from Big Table Publishing and three chapbooks from Right Hand […]
Read MoreJon Densford “Armadillo Koan”
Jon Densford Armadillo Koan The master encouraged me to seek the mind of an old armadillo with a red parachute climbing a cottonwood tree. Jon Densford prefers the oldest and southernmost of the two highway bridges spanning the big river that links his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee to the Land of Opportunity.
Read MoreKarlo Sevilla: “How a Cove Is Formed”
Karlo Sevilla How a Cove Is Formed The shore circles forward its arms in ballet’s first position, then in its open embrace nests ocean’s fingertip. Karlo Sevilla is a Filipino freelance writer whose country has been undergoing “interesting times” after the Philippine national elections.
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