By: Michael C. Seeger The Kite I carry you running across a field of grass nestledon a spectacular Sierra Nevada Mountain ridgeline in August below Heavenly ski resort high abovethe vast and […]
‘The Kite’ and other poems
The Insurance Overheated
By: Todd Mercer Either nobody had information on what caused the restaurant blaze, or they’re all in on it. Each local station put out footage of smoldering char-wood that was previously the […]
Bharati Mukherjee’s Desirable Daughters: “An American Adventure”
By: Ramlal Agarwal Desirable Daughters is a powerful expression of the collective Indian psyche and Indian ethos. It shows how Indians are fascinated by the technological excellence, money power, and narcissistic individualism of the […]
‘Sand Deep Sans Loss’ and other poems
By: Amrita Valan Sand Deep Sans Loss She pullsA stoical faceUpper lip pursedLower lip curled.Her grace is wooden. Hair bondingMedusa moments.Coffee cup PausesRelaxed reveries. The morning beachesshored up…Wet sand excessesCastle building halted. […]
‘Virtual Weather’ and other poems
By: Thomas O’Connell Virtual Weather All my dataHas been storedIn a thunder cloudSomeday soon, it will start to rain As a downpourReleasingLapsed friend suggestionsRecently deleted emails All my bygonePhotographsEventuallyGathering in curbside puddlesSplashed […]
The Little Things
By: Alan Berger You don’t have to look upI have the proofIt may be a thought, a bit too abruptBut we all are sleeping under the same roof And yet I am […]
Apple Cider Vinegar
By: Anna Louise Steig The overhead fan is buzzing like a mindless insect, and I am waiting for my boyfriend to twist on the water before I let my piss spray into […]
‘Shell Collecting’ and other poems
By: John Grey SHELL COLLECTING Shells roll out of the ocean,former homes, having parted ways with their dead,tumble a little, then dig in as the wave recedes, for even the inanimate have […]
‘Mr. Mouse and Mr. Clarkes’ and other poems
By: Leigh-Anne Burley Mr. Mouse and Mr. Clarkes A chunk of cheese fliesout of the mouthof a mousewhen his cornerof the universe tilts. In the opposite cornerof the universeMr. Clarkes, while eating […]
Rushdie and Magic Realism
By: Ramlal Agarwal Magic realism is a widely used term in literary discussions, especially of novels written in the 80s and 90s of the 20th century. Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie […]
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