By: Lindsay Gallant Argument on Highway Seven we jerk to the sideslide onto the shoulder i sputter and seize upstiff like an engine starved for oil tires bite gravel and spitstones get […]
‘Argument of Highway Seven’ and other poems
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Poems by Simon Perchik
By: Simon Perchik From just dampness, nourishmentand rust seals the boltin place –the carriage already there and nearby, it rainsthough you take hold a single spokeas if the enchanted palace stopped moving […]
An Actor Prepares
By: Elaine Lennon V There was nobody to blame. Everyone just did the best they could. The haze had settled over Catalina. The early morning azure sky was dotted with sunlight and […]
The Invisible Force
By: The Self is Unknown”(David Hume) But I believe I shape sensibilities, invisiblebut able to visualize through tunnels withoutbeginning or end, to catch the salty essenceinside a planet’s breeze and these other-world […]
Passively watching you leave
By: Matthew Birch IDrippingfrom my lipsthey form a pool LeavingI’m not ready in timeYou’re shoutingnot that loud it’s funnynow I can open the door Dried eyes and silenceI want to dive in […]
A Safe Place
By: Dawn DeBraal Deep in thought, I was walking through the field when I came up to the log cabin my great grandfather built in the high meadow. Pa turned it into […]
‘Avenue of Blackberries’ and other poems
By: Clara McShane Avenue of Blackberries Avenue of blackberriesencapsulated by the treesspecks of wildflower, butter gorsefootball club cheering grows hoarse old man passes, all my lifelens matures with time and strifewilting fuchsia, […]
‘Why I don’t sleep well’ and other poems
By: George Freek WHY I DON’T SLEEP WELL (After Su Tung Po) The moon is the head of an axe,splitting the darkness in pieces.Leaves fall in the night.dying without a fight.They die […]
‘The Woman Who Had Two Navels’ by Nick Joaquin reviewed
By: Kimberth D. Obeso There are numerous historical novels around the globe. Well-known published historical masterpieces include A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, War, and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, The […]
‘Camphor’ and other poems
By: John Grey NADINE You’re out of time and place,having so many silent letters in your name,and drawn to the jukeboxin the dusty window of the antique score,while in the books you […]
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