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Changing Shapes of RainPoetry

Changing Shapes of Rain

Miya KoOctober 7, 2020

Comforted by the rough of the stucco wall, my back leaning on the hint of dew as I watch the moon hide out of…

In honour of petsPoetry

In honour of pets

Jordan TretheweyOctober 6, 2020

who sit with understanding. Focused, iridescent eyes attend to your wet ones. Well-timed hops on your lap, headbutts; well-placed paws, chins by thighs on…

Exhibition stand jewelryPoetry

Exhibition stand jewelry

Roger FizzertonOctober 5, 2020

hammer apple peacock tank poached | raisin leather defunct traction capstan | boulder frack inflate piss ratchet | your anus above me like a…

September 19, 2020Poetry

September 19, 2020

Michael Thomas EllisOctober 4, 2020

For the umpteenth time this mangled year she asked me why I was crying mama what’s wrong mama the coffeepot was sputtering vainly promising…

Kiss from GodPoetry

Kiss from God

Susan PetersOctober 2, 2020

A small shiny insect crawled methodically across the clean, white sheet of paper, trying to crawl across before I stained it with my useless…

WitnessingPoetry

Witnessing

Sara ClancySeptember 30, 2020

It was by no means coincidence that a tortoise the size of a manhole cover walked out of the open desert and into the…

CouplingPoetry

Coupling

Rob BreedingSeptember 28, 2020

Strangers We never shared the same space; circumstance kept us apart. We passed so close I’m sure we must’ve touched on some level, but…

How old do you think I am?Poetry

How old do you think I am?

Sara ClancySeptember 25, 2020

My grandmother asked. I was six years old and thought she had met Abraham Lincoln. An old beach photo caught her in sandy ankle…

Liberated MePoetry

Liberated Me

Lance JencksSeptember 24, 2020

I buy my own groceries, fix my own meals, wash my dirty dishes: what more could a woman want? She might want a stiff…

EdwinPoetry

Edwin

Mike CasettaSeptember 23, 2020

Edwin was going bald in high school. Don’t ask me to describe him. Just take my word for it. He was not handsome. The…

Her KnickersPoetry

Her Knickers

Paul BrookesSeptember 21, 2020

gust on a carousel, revolve in Summer sun as she kals to her mam on her doorstep. Blown me nose on more material. says…

A Love Sonnet Written on the Occasion of the Death of Ruth Bader GinsburgPoetry

A Love Sonnet Written on the Occasion of the Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Andy PosnerSeptember 20, 2020

I won’t accept death delivered in prose. Darkness fell twice tonight; can we still know what’s real? Give me your hand and we'll compose…