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You’re Fired, PsychoPoetry

You’re Fired, Psycho

Lawrence GeorgeAugust 28, 2019

i fell in love with my former employer in the East Village, NYC he owns a Testudines sanctuary in central California after termination and…

u&mePoetry

u&me

tiko lewisAugust 24, 2019

. . . 1. . it's not like we'll be here foreverwe must give thanks for the blistersthanks for the tarps we hide underfor…

Hidden RiddlesPoetry

Hidden Riddles

Maria MazzengaAugust 19, 2019

A quest for spiders might lead to entrapment in silk threads Palm reading: infinity is embedded in the ice crystals of hand-shaped clouds Music…

StubblePoetry

Stubble

Cameron McClureAugust 10, 2019

usually I wear tweed like the ageing bachelor I am carry a pipe in an inside pocket behave politely give thanks and compliments about…

ErasuresPoetry

Erasures

Joan ColbyAugust 8, 2019

Begin redacting. Blacking out Until what’s left is cryptic With knowledge only you can Penetrate. Choreographer of Significance. The words pirouette At the barre.…

This fierce year pacesPoetry

This fierce year paces

Sara ClancyAugust 7, 2019

behind every plan to bring her home. Like the burning bush landmark on Tiger Mountain Road, she is a bright detail withdrawn by the…

Jennifer HarleyPoetry

Jennifer Harley

Lawrence GeorgeAugust 6, 2019

you’re insane she says you’re just another one of those assholes who falls in love one of those fools who rides motorcycles through big…

Brain dead fuckwits everywherePoetry

Brain dead fuckwits everywhere

Michael AshleyAugust 2, 2019

waxing their cars on Sunday afternoons plodding towards darkening horizons pushing their prams eating their leggings at the back end and stuffing a Gregs…

The Blue GhostFiction

The Blue Ghost

Ann KammererJuly 30, 2019

He gave her a book that was navy blue and hardcover and had a strip of numbers taped on the spine. “You’ll like it,”…

Selections from “A Thousand and One Cranes”Poetry

Selections from “A Thousand and One Cranes”

Miya KoJuly 24, 2019

Last Word Before he left, his finger on my arm drawing something, I said it quick: blossom, but it felt like goodbye. Lesson for…