Sunrise or Sunset? A poem by Joan Leotta Sunrise or Sunset? Staring into the sky as sun makes its appearance or slips away, I often imagine I can see beyond our atmosphere, beyond space, into the paradise that once was.... Continue Reading →
The Labor of Poetry A poem by Ronald Zack The Labor of Poetry With apologies to John Keats, Gertrude Stein, William Shakespeare, and Marianne Moore I don't remember if truth is beauty or if it went the other way around.... Continue Reading →
Memory's Home A poem by Cathryn Essinger Memory's Home -after "Salt and Feathers" by Katina Pastis Radwanski Here is the land of remembered things-- memory's dark home--where the salt of the earth is wedded to the sky. Here is salt... Continue Reading →
I Collect Mothers A poem by Miranda Diaz I Collect Mothers And reach my arms out, empty To be filled by each one They offer original absolution Names for the feelings I keep Below my heart Pills and petals to... Continue Reading →
Of Air and Breath A poem by Melanie Civin Kenion Of Air and Breath I was with you when the air left your mouth for the last time, when you were old and no longer showing me the world which... Continue Reading →
Salt Lick A poem by Bonita Lini Markowski Salt Lick I call her mother. I am salt in her wounds: that she married him, didn’t know he was a drunk, that her father laughed at her wanting to go to... Continue Reading →
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