Poetry

epigram

By Robert Swereda
the word ‘Sin’ in Spanish means: without / so, the practice of over indulgence is a way of reaching divinity /

Rotten English

By Tamar Rubin
There are no words / for this English, squeezed / and shriveled / in my molasses throat. / The white crust stuck corners / of my lips barely pass / each viscous...

In Dreams Bare

By Leah Umansky
or barely dreams, I had this second                   or this sec /   /   / to situate the situation; unsatisfy the truth.   /   /   / The final...

He Who Laughs

By Salvatore Difalco
Laughter from the right / Follows laughter / From the left. /   / In the deep of the night / This is no laughing / Matter. /   / Early morning...

The Last Death

By John Wall Barger
It had all happened before. The coffee cup / with the old ship, steaming on the windowsill. / Their hand-holding at dusk, coyotes barking / in the forest. This was the transfiguration,...

Moth

By Michael Lithgow
Every few days another moth appears.   / I hear them rattling between the window / and rice paper taped across the glass / to hinder the curiosity of addicts. These large...

Queen Charlotte is a Horse 1

By Deidre Dore
Thing is we’re growing / old together, that mare and I. / Our bodies are mutually lumped and scarred, / we sag where we used to billow.2 I outnumber her / in...

this is why I write

By Adele Graf
                      so at times when my /                                                    ...

Advice for the Living

By Christian Jordan
              Who will offer advice to the living? /   / There are those who write in fanciful script: / they mistake surface meaning / for...