Psychoanalysis tells us the secret of healthy living: speech. Unspoken thoughts can travel at light speed ramped to the power … More
Tag: Poetry
Three Poems by Brandon Shimoda
Blind Children What is the first thing you remember? Kicking my sister My father hitting me with sticks Lying next … More
Poetry by Philip Schaefer: “Radial Glow”
In the America of my fist the rats drew blood. You let them. You soaked me with hydrogen saying don’t … More
Four Dossiers, poetry by Jane Lewty
Dossier #1 It’s the year of less-than-half the true extent of time. There is water on the moon And on … More
A Poem by Bridget Talone: “A Dream Is a Witch Your Heart Makes (Music for Shame)”
Ask not how you could ever make it right. Instead, lie down in your young shame— its dirty, slender hairdo … More
F. Daniel Rzicznek Poetry: “Hatchet”
Came down from the hills to find the thaw refrozen, ground even harder than before, and this in late March: … More
“Hard,” a poem by Colin Winnette
We were born hard. We own a pit bull. We don’t eat much. We’re quiet. If you saw us on … More
Five Mathematical Poems by Timothy Wojcik
Mathematics IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Start with one body, and one sky. End with the sky in the body, and one sky. The … More
Phil Spotswood: “The First Engineer,” a poem
learned momentum from falling birds, how they hit the water faster than the fish could die learned that trees heaped … More
Poetry by Sean Thomas Dougherty: “These Ordinary Days”
Out of the brown bag I place the red wine and sack of sugar I swing our eldest daughter despite … More
Poetry by Jim Daniels: “Boo Boo”
Someone’s feelings were hurt. Bad Boo Boo. Oops, Boo Boo. Some- one’s feelings. O I felt your feelings, wet smooshy … More
Knar Gavin: Two Poems
My Cooter, Your Us upon being expelled from the uterus & them brigade my neighbor cuts off all our hair … More
