Untitled (With Final Line from Roethke) An elegant and corpulent diner in Costco sweats is dancing at this buffet—the … More
Tag: Poetry
“from WINSOME SCHERZOS”: Two Haunted Passages Poems by Adam Strauss
Stylus Harbinger of what’s to come and what’s coming pure shitty. Peerless ditty at the end of June When … More
“A Glinting Sliver That Can Cut Flesh”: A Collaborative Interview with Peter Ramos & Kim Chinquee
Kim Chinquee’s SNOWDOG and Peter Ramos’ Lord Baltimore are both due out on January 15, 2021, with Ravenna Press. Chinquee and … More
“Requiem: Fin Inn,” a Flavortown USA poem by Avery Gregurich
for M.T. Let’s debate ovals, acoustics, the moral virtues of curveballs. We’ll do it loud, live, staggering atop the … More
Bad Survivalist: “On Catfish,” a poem by Ryan Keeney
At nine, Dad taught me how to gut a catfish. Thick-skulled, even out of water they are survivors, known … More
Three Haunted Passages Poems by Sheila Dong
fruit i adopt a cat from the shelter, then forget it in a box. the way it stares when … More
Matthew Feinstein: Two Fraternity Poems for Bad Survivalist
Portrait of Pledge Being Left in the Middle of Nowhere on Shrooms It’s Fall. The Pledge Master has me … More
“Menacing Territory”: An Interview with WOMONSTER poet Olivia Cronk by Logan Berry
Olivia Cronk’s Womonster is a psychedelic exploration of the “impossibility of a coherent self.” Via several poetical modes—imagistic, confessional, gothic, and surrealist—Cronk’s … More
“Sirens of Architecture”: Alexandra Mattraw & Jake Syersak on Their Debut Books of Poetry and Beyond
Alexandra Mattraw is a Berkeley poet and critic who has authored several books. small siren is available at The Cultural Society (2018), … More
Ricky Ray Poem: “The Dream” for Haunted Passages
In which the monster emerged sludgehearted and fond of hares. And triplets were born of a wish that blew … More
Fred Gerhard: Four Poems for Haunted Passages
Chill November On a chill November afternoon memory of color clings to sky like pitch dark twigs alive reaching … More
Flavortown USA: Five Capsicum Poems by Steven Ray Smith
Tabasco I repeat I was not named after that vinegary tincture you sluice upon your cackleberries You and I … More