cupbearer A poem by Amrita Skye Blaine cupbearer gentle word touch on the arm warm mug of tea aren’t we all cupbearers for one another? deep listening without comment allowing words that ring in the air to settle inside sometimes... Continue Reading →
Moments At a Time A poem by Mary Sexson Moments At a Time I only long to sit gently on my haunches, comfortable, as if it were nothing, as if I were only twenty everything still in front of me,... Continue Reading →
intimacy and anonymity in economy A poem by Ronald Zack intimacy and anonymity in economy After John Donne There’s intimacy flying in the cheap seats - sharing recycled cabin air like the bite of a sonnet flea. Strangers oozing over edges of... Continue Reading →
Forty crows A poem by Chris Dahl Forty crows sweep into my apple tree, forty black appetites. Every apple we pick carries a wound. By evening the ghost of that great bird we call the moon migrates through a smoke-filled... Continue Reading →
Aurora BorealisA poem by Jennifer Lagier Aurora Borealis for my cousin, Christina Angela Jensen, victim of Gulkana Glacier in June 2005 How rapidly after the girl fell into bottomless Alaskan crevasse, did she realize there would be no escape? As she slid down blue abyss, her desperate hands clawed icy walls for unattainable purchase. In those final moments, did angels sing while her body plummeted and severed soul ascended? Native Americans say the dead become northern lights, dance across night sky. Ancestral spirit guides flare above glacial crypt. About the Author: Jennifer Lagier lives a block... Continue Reading →
Voice Not Recognized A poem by Roseanne Freed Voice Not Recognized We bought a new TV in 2022, but got an AI machine, which constantly interrupts our conversations. When I told my spouse, You’re a good friend, the TV replied,... Continue Reading →
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