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…
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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….
Three Poems by Terence Winch
These three poems by Terence Winch have a radiating grade of dialectical energy in which opposing forces are synthesized, by the poems themselves… by: Terence…
Three Poems by Jennifer MacBain-Stephens
The first of these three poems by Jennifer MacBain-Stephens dances down the aisle of a paint store as colors come alive at night, while the…
Three Poems by Jacob Grossfeld
These three poems by Jacob Grossfeld exist somewhere between the destructive editing of a turpentine burn and an improvisatory cut-up technique. Playing with sound, permutation,…
Two Poems by Matt Dennison
These two poems by Matt Dennison explore the complexity and hidden dangers behind and within the seemingly mundane: how a simple desire to do the…
Book Review: Charles Rammelkamp’s Catastroika
A celebration of master storyteller Charles Rammelkamp’s latest release, Catastroika, a poetic exploration of a century of Russian history from the late Nineteenth to the late…
Two Poems by Hibah Shabkhez
These two poems by Hibah Shabkhez are attempts to assuage a guilty conscience that will never cease to lament the many betrayals-by-silence and niggling moral…
Two Poems by D.R. James
Sonic play and existential angst pull these two poems by D. R. James toward their exploration of “tongue-tied” uncertainty. Is the speaker in each talking…
Two Poems by James Croal Jackson
These two poems by James Croal Jackson are kisses planted firmly on the lips of memory. They evoke a longing for things never realized — …
Three Poems by Sean Cho A.
These three poems by Sean Cho A. are trapped by metaphor and imprisoned by imagined time… by: Sean Cho A. Remembering Prayer Common occurrence: a dream…