One Sentence Poems

M.J. Iuppa Transparencies Only when afternoon’s unfamiliar light fills the birch with apparition, with aloofness that shimmers in- side bare branches, like a caul of silence that overwhelms us to stand still within this window frame— this grip on a life left, unfinished. M.J. Iuppa ‘s fourth poetry collection is This Thirst (Kelsay Books, 2017).For […]

M.J. Iuppa To Destination  Scopello, Sicily, 2018  No street signs, only switch- back roads rising to blind turns spinning us down dusty corridors walled by cacti and sprays of fuchsia, not knowing what lies ahead is a cliff hanger: freshly squeezed blood orange sun incandescent sea M.J. Iuppa ‘s fourth poetry collection is This Thirst […]

M.J.Iuppa Espresso Morning can be that fair sun shining through the blinds, polarized blades of light sur- rounding you like a mother’s order to rise & shine, or else. M.J.Iuppa lives on a small farm, near the shores of Lake Ontario.

M.J.Iuppa Glancing Out the Window Again and again, now more frequently, I think about death and how it will have me un- aware of its intention to take me away from this— which is full of occupation— this lifetime, waiting M.J.Iuppa lives on a small farm near the shores of lake Ontario.

M.J. Iuppa Another New Year No snow to speak of on the city sidewalk, or ice for that matter; only a black Mercedes-Benz with tinted windows pulled tight to the curb where a lately bagged Christmas tree waits to be picked up. M.J. Iuppa lives on Red Rooster Farm near the shores of Lake Ontario. […]

M. J. Iuppa The Procession When the police escort revs his motorcycle, the hearse appears weightless, drifting on route 19, followed by a single car with its lights off. M.J.Iuppa‘s most recent chapbook is Between Worlds,  featuring lyric essays, flash fiction and prose poems (Foothills Publishing, 2013). 

M. 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).