What Were You Smiling about?A poem by Kathleen O’Brien What Were You Smiling about? Dear Allen, You grin as you lean on your crutches. Are you catching your breath? A moment of pause? Where a late spring snowstorm has laid... Continue Reading →
Seal Beach Pier A poem by Max Reif Seal Beach Pier 1. The Public Pier Here beyond the screaming beach, the volleyball and surfers, the fishers try to pull something alive from the veiled depths, and some succeed. Fearless pre-teens... Continue Reading →
In the Dream A poem by Felicia McCarthy In the Dream I am dropping an anchor in the water, into the ocean.The boat is made of paper and it is disintegrating reforming itself to the original wood from a tree... Continue Reading →
Let’s Meet in a Chagall Painting A poem by Claudia M. Reder Let’s Meet in a Chagall Painting Let our bed rise into a future where we laugh freely, where dusk is kiwi and dragon fruit, where sky tunes its blue hue to... Continue Reading →
Geography A poem by Marietta Calvanico GeographyA long time ago, the river was yours I had better conversations with the ocean The tide pulling out, taking my questions away Undulating back (be peaceful, be peaceful) Now, I sit up in... Continue Reading →
The Shell A poem by Melanie Civin Kenion The ShellWhen the air was turbulent, when the waves were washing against the shore with vengeance leaving unpredictable patterns in its wake, I walked the beach in search of the perfect shell.... Continue Reading →
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