Three Poems by Joanna Fuhrman
by: Joanna Fuhrman Joanna Fuhrman’s poetry tackles you with a glorious rush of sound and image and offbeat humor. She implores us to please “put…
Poetry
A Poem by Alan Bernheimer
by: Alan Bernheimer1 The key to Alan Bernheimer’s “Ipsatude” is found in the first stanza “Everyone’s secret life/ Inside head fake/ Get out more.” The poet’s…
Three Poems by Chris Stroffolino
by: Chris Stroffolino There is subtle magic in Chris Stroffolino’s sonnets. While the music of his language instantly engages the ear and tongue, his poetic sleight…
A Poem by Tammy Perlmutter
by: Tammy Perlmutter Tammy Perlmutter’s poem is a harrowing account of a young woman’s rejection of a damaged life and culture for an uncertain, but…
Three Poems by Alan Feldman
by: Alan Feldman In these poems Alan Feldman uses the subtle music of plainspoken American English to reveal and celebrate the all too often hidden…
Two Poems by Richard King Perkins II
Richard King Perkins II poems are odes to abundance and to the emptiness it tries and fails to fill, or as the poet puts it…
Two Poems by Jack Tricarico
“[The] street is on roller skates” warns Jack Tricarico in poetry that psychedelically captures the rich overflow of language and image in the perpetual motion…
Two Poems by Evan Link
by: Evan Link In “Gosh” Evan Link asks “Is it impolite to put /off joy?” The correct answer is yes, it is. So don’t put…
Two Poems by Norman Fischer
by: Norman Fischer Norman Fischer’s poetry is like a dream about how one’s own mind is dreaming. It urges us to see and explore the…
Two Poems by Kip Zegers
by: Kip Zegers Kip Zegers’ poetry finds a deep and abiding music in the multi-layered experience of the everyday. He honors the moment by memorializing…
Two Poems by Tom Montag
Tom Montag’s poems confront life’s inherent limitations unflinchingly. And even when such acknowledgement doesn’t bring wisdom or solace to the speaker, it can at least…
Two Poems by Ben Ditmars
by: Ben Ditmars1 Ben Ditmars’ short poems belie a depth of experience and a density of vision. Like riddles used to break an awkward silence,…