One Sentence Poems

Devon Neal Windows Open Lying in bed alone, window open, the outside kids’ voices deflect off brick and vinyl, pavement to sky, expanding in size in the space of the evening, sounding like light searing into orbit, sounding like memory Devon Neal took a 10-year break from writing to raise kids, only to find that […]

Devon Neal Bad News In the waiting room, the A/C roars too high and the fern in the far corner flickers like a green fire. Devon Neal took a 10-year break from writing to raise kids, only to find that he now only has time to write poems one sentence at a time.    

Devon Neal Overtime It’s 4th-and-4 and they’re going for it, but what he sees as I bend toward the TV is the dim lamplight melting into buttery air, a kaleidoscope television flashing grassbitten uniforms, the fireplace juggling, pebbles of popcorn next to the half-empty bowl, a cat like a beret on the back of the […]