I AmA poem by Tricia McCallum I AmI am from my mother’s bed in a Glasgow tenement,walls thick with coal dust.I am from Saturday confession, identical school uniforms, unflinching patriarchy.I am from melancholy to the marrow of my bones.I am... Continue Reading →
The Effacement of Poets A poem by Royal Rhodes The Effacement of Poets ~ after Colm Toibin on Bishop and GunnTwo poets who were later friends kept readersdistant; each built worlds they only viewed,while other poets opened up -- the bleeders --confessing faults and traumas, fate-pursued.But... Continue Reading →
Equinox A poem by John Ziegler EquinoxThe days turn silver,chilled and cleanas a platter of raw oysters.Soon, wool socks.Black bear grows fat and sleepy.Butterfly finds winter quartersin dry leaves rolled like cigars.Hummingbird jets southacross the gulf, no food no sleep,clean... Continue Reading →
Broken NailA poem by Sonia Chauhan Broken Nail Pink winter eveningAnd my hand draped over your settee.Slack, unknowing, A doe resting under a log.A tap on my socked footFills blood in my finger pads.Another tap, this time onthe broken nail in the middle.The... Continue Reading →
Call Me Greedy A poem by Marcia Mitrowski Call Me GreedyGive me a bowl of happiness,black cherries reigning without birdsdancing about in a tango of pecks.Dress me in silk from golden corncobsstripped before boiling or fire roasting,I’ll collect a zillion... Continue Reading →
While In Italy A poem by Andrea Potos While In ItalyLuccaWe had no map, wanderingnarrow, curving lanes, we foundan old weaving shop that boremy mother’s name la tela di Penelope.She hadn’t been gone one year yet stillI felt her beside... Continue Reading →
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