By: Daniel de Culla I woke up from a deep sleep And I came to the fields Leaving the bedroom And, as sorcerer and wizard I rose up to a leafy tree […]
Folkloric wo/man number one
Tracers
By: Tommy Vollman It wasn’t the sleepwalking that bothered me. I woke up outside more often than I care to remember, but still, the sleepwalking never really bothered me. I was terrified, […]
‘The Cratered Road to Malancourt’ and other poems by Keith Moul
By: Keith Moul The Cratered Road to Malancourt: Doughboys Face the Meuse-Argonne Our general plows the muddy clay, then coughs: “Gentlemen, I approve the corps, division and regimental battle plans, without amendment.” […]
‘Son of a Shoeshiner’ and one more poem by Harjeet Singh
By: Harjeet Singh Son of a Shoeshiner An opulent district businessman lunched in a restaurant, After lunch, he tipped the waiter five rupees It boggled the server’s mind and he spoke, “Sir […]
Ethel
By: Pam Munter As soon as she entered any room, Ethel Barrymore left little doubt she was royalty, or at least, its show business equivalent. That square jaw, the penetrating eyes, the […]
Footprints
By: Suchoon Mo a man and a woman walk on the deserted beach side by side hand in hand they are going somwhere or nowhere his footprints are left behind him her […]
The Prisoner of War
By: Mark Kodama Johnny knew he had been here before – many times before. He could hear the Taliban fighters outside his mud hut, speaking Farsi. The leader – with a dark […]
‘A walk spanning several blocks’ and other poems by Samuel Strathman
By: Samuel Guest a walk spanning several blocks morning doves shuffling along front lawns as cardinals recite poetic verse in flocks of three to five the smell of burning firewood follows my […]
Me and My Anosmia: Living without Smelling
By Dan Brooks My olfactory senses have never been great. The running joke in our house is that when people talk about hints of spices in the nose of a wine, or […]
My Door
By: Sandra L Todd I really wanted this job! I kept calling back and checking on my resume. They told me they needed to check out my references. I waited a couple […]
