Poetry Submissions Open:We know you're enjoying the summer (or bundling up to stay warm this winter). But our kitchen is open year-round and we're always looking to read work from both newcomers and our Poetry Breakfast regulars.Standard 3-6 week response... Continue Reading →
The Quickening A poem by Marietta Calvanico The Quickeningfor Nicole Some women have described itas a fluttery feeling,the separate life announcing itselfwith months to go before making its entryinto the outer world.I like to pretend that I remember that sensation,My... Continue Reading →
Painting the dead A poem by Jennie E. Owen Painting the dead Room lighting is key for the taskbright daylight, the best. Old newspapersessential to catch the spills, plus kitchen paperto suction excess drops. I recommendmixing the colours in an... Continue Reading →
Broken in A poem by Helen Freeman Broken in Wild and tiedoutside by the doorat a crossroads, your soft ears jitter,tuning to surroundingslike satellite sensors. Grabbed and freed, your whiskers twitch,you buck and pull. Mother brays her sonic creak. Men drag you off,force a halter... Continue Reading →
Deauville, New Year's Night A poem by N.L. Holmes Deauville, New Year's Night Lights fracture off rain-slick streetsin damp cold of night on the Channel.At the Beaux-Arts cream-cake of a casino,tall windows pour streams of goldinto the dark. Hotel restaurants... Continue Reading →
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary A poem by Lois Perch Villemaire Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Winding wooden walkways—elevated paths through the wetlands.Vegetation is the havenof large and small critters,darting with a swoosh through the plantings and grasses. It was created to protect and preservethe... Continue Reading →
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