Wearing Thin By Diane Elayne Dees Endless Contract Negotiations Wearing Thin on Drew Brees Front page headline, New Orleans Times-Picayune Endless crime wears thin on residents and tourists. The man shot dead while holding his baby outside the Bayou Boogaloo... Continue Reading →
http://www.Poetry.LA -- Poet Elena Karina Byrne, Literary Programs Dir. of Ruskin Art Club, describes how an historic cultural venue is serving today's L.A. literary scene and discusses her poetry.
Barrier Island after a sudden loss by George Bishop I know the absence, the gravity of everything unoccupied, missing shapes that were shaped so much like you, the permission to shift blame seemed a given—forgiveness felt close, close as it... Continue Reading →
Excerpts from NOX, presented by O, Miami Poetry Festival. The Moore Building in Miami's Design District, April 7, 2011.Text by Anne Carson, Choreography by Rashaun Mitchell in collaboration with Silas Riener. Sound by Ben Miller. Lighting and Production Design by... Continue Reading →
This poem is not an autobiography by Kristina England If it was, I would tell you how my nose slants to the left from the time I fell into a marble table while jumping on my grandmother’s couch. How I... Continue Reading →
The Regulars by Peter M. Gordon They pile drinking money on the bar Seamed faces under faded caps Beer foam flecks their lips Buy them a round of Bud More dead soldiers join their comrades Smoke exhales color the air... Continue Reading →
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