Three Poems by Joseph Mulholland

Transmigration, Volume One Did you recognize the sensation of olive meat hugging its cold pit for warmth? Her blood-belly protrudes … More

Two Poems by M.A. Schaffner

So Morbid, So What? -1- Okay it’s not death but the long preludeof appointments, tests, and troubling results,followed by additional … More

First I’m confrontational with shift workers. The pharmacist asks for my signature, if I have any questions, if the dosage … More

-1- Jonathan was drawn back by a force when the airlock opened. It was the vision of the kitchen floor, … More

People hear Nebraska and they think Omaha, the big city, or they think nothing at all. They don’t think about … More

*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger size. ONE///DWELLINGS [1] [1] the dwellings we are as dirt, our pillars raised quieter than … More

Six months after Katrina, you jump head-first into shallow bayou water and break your fool neck. I’m not there when … More

My refrigerator in its old age sometimes quivers and hums when its fan turns on. The quivering is completely insignificant, … More

I woke up after the storm and went outside to see what had been broken. The deck was intact, but … More

Jasmine My father beat me for giving the dog some bread. The dog had looked so hungry and scared. Its … More

Half-staff Long enough I have lived in this city—when the flagsits at half-staff, strangers ask me why, and askin vain. … More

I Want to be Drunk with You So I Can See You Laugh:Les Amants du Pont-Neuf You, my lover, the … More

Way Beyond Good and Evil I should be admiring and appreciating the Cloroxed whiteness of the shower curtain you Cloroxed … More

Tumors that couldn’t have grown fast enough to suffocate her. She died from cancer, she died from causes unknown. With … More

cut from fabric in a secondhand store, unravels our emptiness into closets of cotton, linen, nylon, and silk In the … More