Minor Defects Will Not Affect WearA poem by Tricia McCallum Minor Defects Will Not Affect Wear How can you care notFor this earthly life?Even with its vagaries,Its ragtag beginnings,Unspeakable endings.Remember howThe latte at the corner café that late afternoonArrived as... Continue Reading →
Friends A poem by Sarah Russell FriendsI heard her story on the plane from Pittsburghto LA, smiled politely, shut my laptop, listened,nodded. She was going to meet a childhood friend,discovered on Facebook after sixty years. I walkedwith her to the... Continue Reading →
Tick...Tick...Tick...A poem by Peter M. Gordon Tick…Tick…Tick… I host a bomb in my body.Only doctors who read scans see it.Sometimes I can feel its ticking.Sometimes I can forget it’s there. Sarcoidosis, doctors name it. Latinword makes it sound scientific.Perhaps we... Continue Reading →
The River A poem by Rosalie Sanara Petrouske The River (For Dee, with love)My sister said,the day we are born,a date is chosen for usto leave life.We don’t know whenor how soon.My mother used to say this too.As a child... Continue Reading →
Ghosts a poem by Paul Hooker GhostsBy blood and by choice, we make our ghosts; we haunt ourselves. —Diana Gabaldon, Drums of Autumn. You are not alone here.The mirror cracks and shattersIn myriad tinkling falling sliversThat whisper like a Judas... Continue Reading →
As we edge closer and closer to our relaunch on April 24th, 2023, we like to introduce (and reintroduce) you to the five poets whose poems will be appearing in the first week. We're welcoming back four poets whose poems... Continue Reading →
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