Two Poems by Carson Pytell
These two poems by Carson Pytell explore the complexities of the mind and heart by way of sensory experiences from which it is concluded that…
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Five Poems by Shannon Cuthbert
These five poems by Shannon Cuthbert use fantastical and dreamlike language to explore our connection with our inner selves and the natural world. They also…
Two Poems by Joel Chace
These two poems by Joel Chace are an endorsement of the notion that all times are simultaneous. As XJ Kennedy put it, “Rhyme is coming at…
Three Poems by Arnie Johnston
These three poems by Arnie Johnston reflect his growing engagement with the process of entropy in the universe. “The Universe and All That Surrounds It”…
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…
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…