Corey Mesler Sylvi Ascending My granddaughter, at two, knows she can break me in half with a frown, and I wouldn’t consider such a thing as grist for a poem except she comes back and come back, straight into my heart with a little load of lightning. Corey Mesler has been published in numerous anthologies […]
Read MoreCorey Mesler A Stray Storm A stray thunderstorm, without collar or ID, snuck into our neighborhood, rolled around on the lawns, begged for a quick belly rub and a scratch behind its dark grey ears, before letting loose a howl that darkened the moon and soaked our homes, shaking its considerable coat. Corey Mesler has […]
Read More3 poems for a new year Anastasia Vassos Gratitude for a Hell of a Year Thanks a lot, 2018, for the kick in the teeth for the lapse in my memory, and for the last day in the life of my mother, for the end of my consciousness as I presently know it, for the […]
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Read MoreCorey Mesler Into Pain I went up high reaching beyond myself and came down into pain, into the awful military aging of my unpleasant fevered skeleton. Corey Mesler owns a bookstore in Memphis, and writes poetry, short stories and novels.
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