Around A Word – By Rick K. Reut
Cyclic Verse
Time
…as time flies fast – unless GOD cuts its wings.
But then time seems to simply start to run
out of space. Time sometimes only...
Divine Property – Poems by Tim Gavin
Divine Property Lix : Refugees
I stood at the wall—the half-broken wall—
holding the prayers they left behind, scraps of paper
sticking to the cracks, small pieces...
Three Poems by Arvilla Fee
Subway Blessing
I study the gaunt face of the woman
who sits opposite me on the subway;
it’s hard to tell her age—anywhere
between fifty and seventy I...
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...
