【Written by Christopher Chiasera】 You are not me.You have your own bonesAnd own voiceAnd own brain.We are not each other;You are not hard.You are not …
Laughing Sideways
【Written by Caroline Brink】 Your laugh is big.It sways from side-to-side floaty, gauzy, like peonies or a girl in a pink dress. I remember laughing, holding your body, …
You & The Garden
【Written by Caroline Richards】 Will I ever encounter a sight so vividas you in our garden today? Brushingamaryllis petals with your gentle thumb,stroking the arched-back …
Persephone in August
【Written by Caroline Richards】 My hands are wrapped in hair of railroad vine and golden shower,but the soil of you is all over and in-between the garden …
A Forest Phoenix Beyond Reach
【Written by Daniel Feldman】 Remote, mysteriously alive.Besieged by the distant thunder and the close rain dripping onto the forest’s surface,I struggle to make my way back to …
Storytellers
Written by Daniel Feldman In an open rebellion, shattered souls scour the streets. Honor lost, honor trampled, honor burdened by incessant retreats. With dark forces encroaching, …
Sweet Bread
【Written by Malynnae Bustos】 The little bell at the top of the door dings as it swings open. The smell of fresh baked donuts fills the room, fills …
Confederate Flag Riding A Pickup
【Written by Jill Schuck】 They’ve parked by Free Christian-an attempt to justify the action. Cracked cardboard in the cargo bed,spitting on hymns,gut-punching psalms,weaponizing holy groundinto unholy …
The Reaper as a Worm
【Written by Jill Schuck】 An imitation poem of Mark Doty. He does not ride a silver horsebut grimy swells of Earth, his mucusfigure-eights, circling the magnolias.And …