Three Poems by Suzanne Stein
These poems by Suzanne Stein proceed at the velocity of thought and include commands to the reader, memories and ruminations, quotations, ideas about keeping comfortable…
Poetry
Three Poems by Rodger Kamenetz
Rodger Kamenetz writes a poetry of wild juxtaposition in which the unlikely commingle, promising but never truly finding meaningful connection: “Every song promises salvation from…
Two Poems by kerry rawlinson
Calling to mind the knotty rhythms of Gerard Manly Hopkins, these two poems by kerry rawlinson, explore the ways we try to find our emotional…
Two Poems by Robin Ray
These two poems by Robin Ray explore spiritual, if not literal, homelessness—that feeling of being untethered to a sense place or even a consistent story…
Two Poems by J. Tarwood
These two poems by J. Tarwood engage the clashing juxtapositions at the heart of our experience of the self: our present identity is as mysterious…
Three Poems by Gregory Kimbrell
These poems by Gregory Kimbrell take the language and tropes of tech, sci-fi, and ancient myth to create a new parable of identity and self-construction,…
Two Poems by Annalee Eagerton
These two poems by Annalee Eagerton situate the trauma of dysfunctional family life in the natural world, which works as metaphor and backdrop for the…
Two Poems by Clyde Kessler
Using the reoccurring images of fire and smoke, these two poems by Clyde Kessler return us to the ephemeral, elemental nature of our dream-like existence…
Three Poems by Christine Hamm
Weaving together elements of fairytale and myth with elliptic narratives of family life and the psychological distress the quotidian brings us all, these haunting poems…
Three Poems by Jessica Fischoff
These poems by Jessica Fischoff capture fragments of experience as they rush by, changing and transforming before our eyes: “…Blue/ is red is a pointed…
Two Poems by David Dodd Lee
Reading these poems by David Dodd Lee is to enter a world that is both comfortingly familiar and disconcertingly strange. That is, to read them…
Two Poems by Timothy Shaner
These poems by Timothy Shaner ask how the self is constructed in writing. Is poetry a recollection in tranquility, a projection of the as yet…