Interviewed by: Carol Smallwood Mary Mackey, with a B.A. from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from The University of Michigan, is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning poet. Maxine Hong Kingston noted: “Mary Mackey’s poems are…
By: Adam Kluger The green tongue of the monster was hard and spiky. The rubbery grey lips and dark hard outer shell were open, completely exposed. Ok. So my universal remote fell off the bed onto the hardwood floor and…
By: John Tustin DEFEATED A few days after the day When it all began for us You spoke to me, Hushed as if under house arrest And I could hear your voice Almost inaudible In my ear But clearly Nearly…
By: Linda M Crate you are no phoenix since you took things from me i can never have returned there’s only way to settle this, a life for a life; because an eye for an eye wouldn’t work i am…
By: David Jacobs Dennis stopped to scrape the gum off the sole of his shoe,”Damn! I hate this”. A faint sound, a muffled cry coming from the abandoned building in front of him. Dennis racked his gun and slipped…
By: Alan Berger The sky is fallingLike broken glassThe past is crawlingUp my ass The streets I strollAbducted my soulAnd took awayMy jelly roll The waves in oceansThat I may never seeAre spelling my nameAnd calling for me But what…
By: Euphonious Poet “Priceless or useless” I don’t know how to feel anymore I am but an instrument A tool to be used at your disposal You only need me when you want something from me Other than that I…
By: Edmund Weisberg My favorite book as a toddler was Green Eggs and Ham. I asked my parents to read it to me so often that my father, in particular, wanted to beg off the nightly duty because he felt…
By: Edmund Weisberg The assignment given, with two whole days. Calamities rise! Pupils face the grade. Nature as topic, spurred by the sun’s rays. Addressing climate change, alas, forbade. The glistening sol nourishes us all. Erudite pedagogues await the verse….
By: Degen Hill “Climber One, do you copy?” Static echoed back across the line. “Climber One, this is Sierra Base, Dimension 19, do you copy?” The static continued. Lieutenant Mercer turned to look at Commander Urtz, and shook her head….