SHIRTS OR SKINS, a 2014 poetry chapbook by Jim Redmond

Image: Cristina Troufa Winner of the 2014 Heavy Feather Chapbook AwardJudge Noah Eli Gordon, author of The Word Kingdom … More

FACTS ABOUT SNAKES & HEARTS, a 2015 poetry chapbook by Flower Conroy

Image: Michael McConnell Winner of the 2015 Heavy Feather Chapbook AwardJudge Kristina Marie Darling, author of Dark Horse: “Formally … More

Then his pancakes come and I’m likePlease leave the flowers—and really, after his question(“have you ripped a big one lately?”)I … More

In the America of my fistthe rats drew blood. You let them. You soaked mewith hydrogen saying don’twince, become. I … More

It is night and the feeling is coming on again. You know the one. There are rules for dealing with … More

Patrick Williams is a poet and academic librarian living in Central New York. His recent work appears in publications including … More

—for Steve Oristaglio There is a foosball table in a New Jersey summer home. There is a grand piano in … More

Sloth Girl lived at the top of a very tall tree in a great forest. Upon Sloth Girl lived Moth … More

Dossier #1 It’s the year of less-than-half the true extent of time. There is water on the moon And on … More

OneYou exit the long or short corridor and enter a hexagonal room with a door on each wall. A room … More

Entering the city of Boris from the sea, the Sea Captain’s Ghost notices a mollusk on the back of his … More

My Bugs O daddy long legs in the orchids and wisteria, how you make my cock-cells swell! O caterpillar cubs … More

Pink Hibiscus You buried the hibiscus in the swath of untended earthwhere each summer morningthe mangy calicowho suns itself on … More

growing up on TR84 You are shown a series of pictures by the visiting Earthmen: a blank crucifix, a doll … More

Your sister calls. You rent a car and come as soon as you can. Grass peeks between sidewalk squares outside … More