Tattered Wings by Paula Tohline Calhoun A dwindling summer is the bittersweet prelude to fall. I watch it all, just now, and sense already, on the tip of my tongue, the metallic taste of winter. In my mind's eye: the... Continue Reading →
Spin by Kay Robertson Incoming tides crash on battered shore, determined waves splinter sunlight, shadows tremble. What was visible moments ago becomes obscured by murky cross-currents. In politics, veracity resides in the depths, at the mercy of slippery facts. Kay... Continue Reading →
The Grief of Atalanta (For Kris N.) By Diane Elayne Dees Daughter of hunters, Atalanta knows survival. Daughter of bears, Atalanta knows hibernation. Daughter of man and woman, Atalanta knows expectations. Sister of many, Atlanta knows abandonment. Born to run,... Continue Reading →
I did say a while back that I'd been throwing in a few poetry lectures and courses...now that school's started up again...here we go... The lecture introduces the poetry of Ezra Pound. Tensions in Pound's personality and career are considered,... Continue Reading →
Constant Reflection After reading Daniel Simko’s “Departures” by Isabalino Anastasio Guzman I enter you as an angel enters a scythe. I find nothing. The room has been replaced with a desert of glass, some mirror fragments, and a slash of... Continue Reading →
Reading in Arabic and English, "Revenge"
Poetry Breakfast 