Monet with Cataracts By the Sea: A Fantasy A poem by Jan Zlotnik Schmidt Monet with Cataracts By the Sea: A Fantasy “I no longer perceived colors with the same intensity… I no longer painted light with the same accuracy. Reds appeared... Continue Reading →
The Dawning A poem by Carol Barrett The DawningEarly morning, the air already bluing in a crisp breeze, sprinklers agitate for greener grass, offering puddles to deer, to quail released from nest. Already others have begun this new day, neon... Continue Reading →
Trigger Warning A poem by Rachael Clyne Trigger WarningThe mouth of my heart hangs slack.Wasps swarm in with a racketthat stings my thoughts,mutes my words.How can this be bigger than mewhen it’s inside? It’s generations deepand is my biome. I... Continue Reading →
ONE WAY A poem by Jason Ryberg ONE WAY There’s not much to this poem, really: an ice blue streetlight above a lonely corner at the intersection of x and y, anywherein the Anyhow Town, America of your choice: the... Continue Reading →
Beloved Tattoo A poem by Lori Levy Beloved Tattoo I watch entranced as my granddaughter, not yet two, circles her hands around her daddy's arm. Huggie, she says, and embraces it—smiling, adoring, in love with her daddy’s tattoo. Not a heart or... Continue Reading →
Conundrum A poem by Diane Elayne Dees Conundrum In my house, dishes are carefully stacked, glasses ordered on shelves; cleaning cloths, batteries, supplements, and laundry supplies rest in multi-colored crates. Delicate collections reside dust-free in shelters with glass doors. In my house,... Continue Reading →
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