Jen Finstrom Bird The bird I saw this morning doesn’t belong here in Chicago, is out of place with its long, flattish beak, body the size of a small Nerf football, confused flutter across Jackson and State, and I want to hurry past it but stop to say, “Bird, I don’t know what you are, […]
Read MoreMoriah LaChapell Autumn Song Red-winged blackbirds sentry on dried cattails calling for mates through late fall mist like aging musicians crooning whiskey voiced into the morning hoping she’ll show. Moriah LaChapell lives in Oregon with her husband and daughter. She is an editor at The Blue Hour, an online and print magazine.
Read MoreLarry D. Thomas The syllable is the pulse of the word. Larry D. Thomas, a frequent contributor to Right Hand Pointing, lives in the Great Chihuahuan Desert of far West Texas with his wife, Lisa, and two Chihuahuas, Pecos and Piñon, who are howling this very moment in the pack of his major Muses.
Read MoreLarry D. Thomas Awe is the archive of wonder. Larry D. Thomas, a frequent contributor to Right Hand Pointing, lives in the Great Chihuahuan Desert of far West Texas with his wife, Lisa, and two Chihuahuas, Pecos and Piñon, who are howling this very moment in the pack of his major Muses.
Read MoreClaudia Serea Cherry tomatoes Sweet and red like a lover’s tongue, the last jewels of the season hang in low light, speaking summer’s extinct dialect: Good- bye. Claudia Serea is the author of Angels & Beasts (Phoenicia Publishing, Canada, 2012), The System (Cold Hub Press, New Zealand, 2012), and A Dirt Road Hangs from the […]
Read MoreClaudia Serea Meanwhile, in Penn Station The pussy willows bloom in a plastic bucket underground. Claudia Serea is the author of Angels & Beasts (Phoenicia Publishing, Canada, 2012), The System (Cold Hub Press, New Zealand, 2012), and A Dirt Road Hangs from the Sky (8th House Publishing, Canada, 2013).
Read MoreClaudia Serea From Brooklyn, with love Each day, the cobweb bridge weaves itself farther and farther away into the city inhabited only by spiders where all of us hang from the tallest buildings by a thread. Claudia Serea is the author of Angels & Beasts (Phoenicia Publishing, Canada, 2012), The System (Cold Hub Press, New […]
Read MoreClaudia Serea Late at night, the light is still on In his repair shop, the old man shines the shoes of the immigrants, fixes the heels with nails he holds in his mouth, and glues the broken soles. Claudia Serea is the author of Angels & Beasts (Phoenicia Publishing, Canada, 2012), The System (Cold Hub […]
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