Brad Rose My Toughest Critic As my desk drawer glides gently shut, I take cold comfort in knowing its rectangular, oaken darkness, alone, has read all my poems. Brad Rose was born and raised in southern California, and lives in Boston. Links to his poetry and fiction can be found at: http://bradrosepoetry.blogspot.com/
Read MoreMark Cunningham 11 Locales Even if the actor stands motionless and unblinking in front of a blank wall, you can tell the difference between a long close-up and a freeze frame. Having only one leg makes the starling seem to belong more to the air. Now when he sweeps the beach with his metal detector, […]
Read MoreChristopher T. George Swans rise from a lake at Sligo the morning he buries Da. Christopher T. George, born in Liverpool, UK in 1948, a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, is an editor at Loch Raven Review.
Read MoreMatthew Thompson Incarnation Softball League I swear, I’d never thought about that specific part of a woman’s leg until I saw you playing softball after church last Wednesday. Matthew Thompson spends much of his time writing at a large desk in a small room in Louisville, Kentucky.
Read MoreJ C Olsthoorn black and blue I am beating myself black and blue and the ink of my words leave me bruised. JC Olsthoorn – born Montréal now Ottawa – creator of raw poetry coarse art – for forty years – creating writing lots some good enough tho to submit – what do you think? […]
Read MoreBernd Sauermann At Last Blame does not establish fault the way manhole covers are heavy and gravity is the nature of your problem and endings have a way of coming without fail. Absolute Zero I’ve been to the cold ovens of Dachau in winter. Bernd Sauermann has a chapbook titled Diesel Generator out with Horse Less […]
Read MoreTina Barry Dinner Amber spots the thatched roofs of Hansel and Gretel-like cabins, while inside birds pop from cuckoo clocks and families fumble over funny anecdotes, a green beam of moonlight mocking everything. Please free the writer Tina Barry, who is chained to a desk in Brooklyn, New York.
Read MoreM. J. Iuppa Still Life There is an art to passive living: stay here. M. J. Iuppa‘s most recent chapbook is As the Crow Flies (Foothills Publishing, 2008), and her second full-length collection is Within Reach (Cherry Grove Collections, 2010).
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