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I Fucked the Poet
Man and Two Women in Bed Together --- Image by © Ben Welsh/zefa/Corbis
Poetry

I Fucked the Poet

Lance JencksDecember 22, 2018

He was there at the mic with a glow behind his head like a literary god, so I fucked him. Me, two other women,…

one of my firstPoetry

one of my first

December 21, 2018

publishers is retired and living in France. he’s on his second wife and lives on a farm in the country. every now and then…

Subtitles: 12Fiction

Subtitles: 12

Matthew James BabcockDecember 20, 2018

Everyone believes the crippled kid.  A blind and mute paraplegic from birth, the crippled kid lets his older brother, Junior, pad his red wagon…

I try not to depend on anyonePoetry, Showcase

I try not to depend on anyone

Cheryl LeveretteDecember 19, 2018

hotel room in little rock there were three of them forceful drunk too angry to care whether she lived or died she swung the…

The ShearerPoetry

The Shearer

John AustinDecember 18, 2018

The shearer’s oilstone rides the blade’s silver edge. There is a swish as one blade closes over the other. It is a fine tool…

Koan #5378 (Extended Version)Poetry

Koan #5378 (Extended Version)

Dick HolmesDecember 17, 2018

Which came first, the chicken or the chicken, the egg or the egg? “Pass the Tabasco,” Buddha said. “By the way, where’s your bowl?”…

What Do You Call This? Bubba Ganish?Poetry

What Do You Call This? Bubba Ganish?

Michael AckerDecember 14, 2018

They hug and whisper kind words in the other's ears. They share their home-cooked fares, and delight in the quaintness of the other's ways…

Reverse RumiPoetry

Reverse Rumi

Paul BrookesDecember 12, 2018

Always live in regret. The past is ever present. There are no new days. Today is no better than yesterday. Look down and backwards…

Oldies but GoodiesPoetry

Oldies but Goodies

Tom RiordanDecember 9, 2018

Yah! There’s something to be said for modern Hep B, HPV and AIDS, but gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia— the all-time greatest hits of STDs— keep…

I’m Not Saying They Are LiarsPoetry

I’m Not Saying They Are Liars

Mike CasettaOctober 17, 2018

When I hear someone claiming they had an imaginary friend when they were a kid I almost say, “bullshit,” but I don’t. I’m not…

orbit of a sacrificePoetry

orbit of a sacrifice

Amanda VillafrancoOctober 15, 2018

each freckle is a planet in this contained universe, a body that orbits the sun— drenched experience I’m in. I say I worship God,…