Skin Elasticity by Robert Strickland I lost my birth somewhere in all this shit I’ve been doing for the last fifty-seven years. Mother called Sunday. I asked her but she couldn't remember. Friends I gathered around like goose down became... Continue Reading →
Oral Tradition by Jean McLeod Earth sundered and shook slipped rock under boulder, sludge over land, burned water to waste blasted life from earth. Bruised heavens screamed against sky, against shore, words, borne on a current of pain disappeared along... Continue Reading →
Mercy by Kelly Eastlund This is not a poem about angels though they gather like dusk around this wrecked planet. It’s about boxing and dogfights (forgive us) but also Mozart and Penicillin and walking on the moon. This is not... Continue Reading →
Yup, that's right. You can read all of Poetry Breakfast on Facebook now. Thanks to a cool little app we were able to embed the entire Poetry Breakfast site onto our Facebook page. Just visit the Poetry Breakfast Page at:... Continue Reading →
Peaches Merit by KJ Hannah Greenberg Peaches merit daily servings of lemon concentrate, cider vinegar, fresh cream. Fennel can’t help but overdose children, while ilish fish remain ever tasty. If I call you on your moral wanderings, while extending hands... Continue Reading →
The Year the Sun Died by Cliff Houston A page on my calendar says it’s Springtime, but not here. Not now. Not since the sun died. It’s cold sitting in this man-made pit. My two friends and I are confined... Continue Reading →
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