Three Poems by Jubi Arriola-Headley
Jubi Arriola-Headley’s poetry explores the intersection of the Black Queer experience not only for himself, but for Black Queer men in America. By acknowledging the…
Poetry
Three Poems by Stephanie Kadel Taras
These three poems by Stephanie Kadel Taras bare the conflicted heart of a strong woman in a long-term relationship, where love and exasperation live side-by-side,…
Three Poems by Ed Meek
These three poems by Ed Meek were triggered by actual events: a stranger is discovered on the porch in the suburbs in the 1950s and…
Two Poems by Charlie Brice
These two poems by Charlie Brice engage the world of wish fulfillment. “What if You Slept” is a dream that aims to mitigate death’s sting, while…
Three Poems by Stephen C. Middleton
These three poems by Stephen C. Middleton take improvised music, an artform that to quote McCoy Tyner is “as serious as your life,” and tells…
Book Review: High Tide By Ed Meek
A look at the latest work from poet Ed Meek, an enticing compilation entitled High Tide that acts as a “reckoning with one’s self; between…
Two Poems by Michael Caylo-Baradi
These two poems by Michael Caylo-Baradi toe the line between rapture and rupture, the faultline in any city sanctioned by mythmakers as a factory for dreams…
And here’s the naked stem of thorns…
A gothic tale inspired by the real life story of Dante Rossetti’s exhumation of his wife and pre-Raphaelite muse Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall, in order to…
Philip Guston
A poetic ode to famed, and currently controversial, artist Philip Guston, who consistently tried to put himself in other people’s shoes, a notion that Paul…
Three Poems by Sarah Lilius
These three poems by Sarah Lilius explore the anguish often endured by women who are trapped, either by their own doing or another’s, and yearn to be set…
Three Poems by Peter Lilly
These three poems by Peter Lilly invite the reader to intimately experience the uneven passage of time. Looking back, “Legacy” expresses gratitude for the wonder…
Three Poems by Phillip Shabazz
These three poems by Phillip Shabazz explore memory haunted by national tragedy and the personal consequences of human acts in search of tenderness and regeneration….