In opposition to you leaving by Kristina England I found the duffle bag of clothes you stuffed when you woke to our day on the wrong side. It happens, but go ahead, shove off. Good luck finding remedies in the... Continue Reading →
Cleaning Up (away from the shelter) by George Bishop After dinner, after the good hunt has gone to bed, I think about how easy it was to pass on a few things, how No and Thank you had that momentary... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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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