Moving A poem by Marcia Mitrowski Moving When I left my long island, how the skyrolled up into itself, five hundred milesto my new location, pieces of it tucked away now at the corners of old houseswhere I miss its... Continue Reading →
Pinecestors A poem by Juan Luzuriaga Pinecestors A brown pinecone decided to let gofreezing the resin hourglass,slashing the body of the air,etching brave and sacred lines,looking at the needle bed without fear.The giants lean over peering at me,whispering in leavesand... Continue Reading →
Perspective A poem by Joanne Durham PerspectiveSometimes sky and seaseek each other so urgentlythey leave no hint of horizon.In just the right sun-dazed light,you might witnessone smoothly pressed rollerof azure paint, the apertureof your eye adjustedas cloudless domefades to cerulean... Continue Reading →
Kintsugi (join with gold) A poem by Marietta Calvanico Kintsugi (join with gold)For Charlott and Fitzgerald on their 50 th anniversaryWe started outpondering possibilitiesfor life, for loveand a dream took offin a gold 914Sure, we have hadbroken placesbut we bowedto... Continue Reading →
Remains A poem by Lynn Kozlowski Remains(along Hadrian's Wall, England)He dies at a foreign outpost,a fort,and is buried there.His friends go home.His religion disappears.Centuries pass.Students with toothbrushesscratch the grounds.He is discovered.A display is made.His bones—showing the height of a soldier—are... Continue Reading →
Your Memory Accosts Me A poem by F.D. Your Memory Accosts MeLike the baby copperhead at the margin of verdurous cornfield,flash of sunlight on small, sable hourglass shapes,shaking tender green tail tip, luring--daring me to come closerIt’s the nature of... Continue Reading →
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