Three Poems by John Swain
The Hafting Seal
Sky taiga unmirrors the steel face of a birch blade,
the knifepoint circles sun in interlace upon the granite shore.
We enter the frigid...
Poems by Tania Alphonsa George
On a Sieve
What if the tea leaves,
Brewed ,boiled and broken-
Gave up all its essence:
All at once-
To sweeten our lips.
And all the residuals,
Grim and grime-
Unwanted,...
Three Poems By Taylor Dibbert
Better Left Unsaid
It’s important
To not use
Words like
Gaslighter
With a narcissist,
He learned that
The hard way.
Mezcal Thursday
He's stopping by
The liquor store
On his way
Home from work,...
Poems by Albert L. Rodriguez
Poetry Outdoors
Poetry was meant to be written outdoors,
among graffiti, congressional bills, and open air advertising.
Such writing is permanent and pure,
lines with...
Poems by Arvilla Fee
Leave the Light On
Briars scrape against my bare feet;
at some point I lost both shoes,
although I do not recall where;
it’s darker than I can...
Two Poems – By Swati Moheet Agrawal
Ira
I did not sleep last night,
my friend dropped a message,
waking, tossing, dreaming morbid,
incoherent dreams.
But little things like Ira putting flowers in my hair
while I...
Poems by Akbar
Lonely World... Come, Let's Draw Dali's Moustache
In the obscure corner of a town
deserted by all its inhabitants,
in that final dissolving emptiness
in which not a...
Poems by Duane Anderson
Psychiatry Yard Care
I wasn’t sure why he was out mowing,
for the grass was completely burned out
from the lack of rain and watering,
each blade of...
Poems by Paul Tristram
Bona Fide
Thorns for comfort blankets
… extricate…
Peace is found internally.
Excavate and rebuild
… your ‘patterns’,
to confuse and alter, at will.
Be rude to naysayers
… reward them in...
Three Poems – By Kavya Janani. U
Goodbye, Chalazion
Like a shipload of memories dredged up under my eye,
you hung in there with your full-moon audacity.
Growing up with me for a...
