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nautilusPoetry

nautilus

tiko lewisNovember 19, 2023

(Rotring Isograph and Pigma Microns pens on mixed media paper) 

The DustsPoetry

The Dusts

Marc WoodwardNovember 18, 2023

These dust motes, so gently pirouetting, can, from certain angles in slanted light, reform to embody the departed. Libraries are full of such airborne…

you know how (xviii)Poetry

you know how (xviii)

Mike CasettaNovember 17, 2023

when you decide not to isolate any longer & a bird shits on your ice cream cone as you walk along the midway at…

heretical thoughts on a hot dayPoetry

heretical thoughts on a hot day

Jan HarperNovember 16, 2023

betrayed by flesh: blood beats tattoos against the underside of skin flushed in steady push to expand surface area on palms and soles, prime…

On feeling lonely and dispirited cutting the grass at St Mary Redcliffe Cathedral summer 1972Poetry

On feeling lonely and dispirited cutting the grass at St Mary Redcliffe Cathedral summer 1972

Cameron McClureNovember 15, 2023

i had mistaken myself for the graveyard somewhere history closed its circle with an indifferent embrace mundane acknowledgements of life were carved on granite…

The SacrificePoetry

The Sacrifice

Cameron McClureNovember 13, 2023

i’m sorry i couldn’t go to your game today i was on the verge of capturing a universe in a grain of sand and…

The Last Will Be The FirstPoetry

The Last Will Be The First

Michael AckerNovember 12, 2023

There are exactly 8,041,272,548 humans on our planet.  The last one in the count is a feisty, baby girl named Maria-Angelica born in a Manilla…

EVERYWHEREPoetry

EVERYWHERE

Daniel J. Flore IIINovember 11, 2023

lately I’ve been floating around I don’t want my feet on the ground that’s a drag I’d rather watch you from above I’d rather…

EpiphanyPoetry

Epiphany

Julie A. DicksonNovember 10, 2023

The gossip always the latest – if you want to know, she’s the one, you needn’t ask, she’ll just tell but; one day she…

.june.Art, Poetry

.june.

Sonja Benskin MesherNovember 9, 2023

there was a gentle breeze going, then the sun came through.

The Finest SpiritsPoetry

The Finest Spirits

Mike CasettaNovember 8, 2023

A Jew, a Christian & a Muslim walk into the bar. Each one orders a Day of Judgement on the rocks with a Resurrection of the Body chaser.…

RedshiftPoetry

Redshift

HughLemmaNovember 7, 2023

1. We begin as night watchers bringing news and lanterns; we end with the guilt and relief of a called-off search. 2. There is…