Nancy Kay Peterson “The Art of Politics”
Nancy Kay Peterson The Art of Politics I don’t know any Republican poets. Nancy Kay Peterson usually finds humor in one sentence but occasionally takes a serious turn.
View ArticleD.A. Donaldson “1 of 5”
This week, we are running our second serial. Thanks to D. A. Donaldson. Enjoy! D.A. Donaldson 1 Light is first, with its brilliant and blinding revelation of anything other than nothing, and unformed...
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D.A. Donaldson 2 Waters split the firmament, dividing heaven from earth in a splashy feat of parting here from… there. D.A. Donaldson maintains a flash-fiction blog whilst laboring as a clerk in a...
View ArticleD.A. Donaldson “3 of 5”
D.A. Donaldson 3 The august land rises from the waters, a global coalition of mounds seeded with grass, tree, herb, fruit – obligatory sustenance for things to come. D.A. Donaldson maintains a...
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D.A. Donaldson 4 Sun, moon, stars illuminate the macrocosm, dividing day from night, marking times and seasons and your appointment next Tuesday. D.A. Donaldson maintains a flash-fiction blog whilst...
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D.A. Donaldson 5 Spring forth and fly, you creatures, across the open expanse, and swim the roiling depths, and creep and crawl and slither in nascent ambulation, with scorn for the dreadful foreboding...
View ArticleD.A. Donaldson “Serial”
D.A. Donaldson 1 Light is first, with its brilliant and blinding revelation of anything other than nothing, and unformed eyes that never beheld so much as a candle wait patiently in the wings of...
View ArticleRose Menyon Heflin “Isaac and Eve”
Rose Menyon Heflin Isaac and Eve The apple falls from Eve’s lips, onto Isaac’s head, giving birth to modern physics. Rose Menyon Heflin loves dreads the winter.
View ArticleFrederick Charles Melancon “Before Coffee”
Frederick Charles Melancon Before Coffee Morning clouds in mental confusion only called fog for being close to the ground. Frederick Charles Melancon is tired and just needs five more minutes.
View ArticleEduardo Frajman “Old man with mutt”
Eduardo Frajman Old man with mutt The old man shrugs when I ask what breed is his dog and deadpans in a Balkanic accent, “I keep asking him Who is your father? He doesn’t say.” Eduardo Frajman lives in...
View ArticleScott Hughes “Death of a Song”
Scott Hughes Death of a Song As I drive, a bird flies under my tire, and I feel its bones shatter and wonder what songs it was meant to sing. Scott Hughes has a book, The Last Book You’ll Ever Read,...
View ArticleSteve Klepetar “Snow Music”
Steve Klepetar Snow Music Along the river snow gleamed for a moment in the air, then tumbled into black water and disappeared. Steve Klepetar has reached a plea agreement with Robert Mueller.
View ArticleTom Sheehan “Solo Shot”
Tom Sheehan Solo Shot One winter in Korea a violin went awry, sound waves thin as tracers or wires snipped, cut loose from redwood stain, danced over snowfields, up the mountain hold, shattered wet...
View ArticleMoss Ingram “Poem”
Moss Ingram Poem A poem, is more than the quietude following a relentless rain, is a sandy-haired boy standing steady in a splintered rowboat pushing heels of callused hands to the sun heaving a heavy...
View ArticleJ. R. Solonche “The House to Myself This Afternoon”
J. R. Solonche The House to Myself This Afternoon The house to myself this afternoon, I could go upstairs and lie on my back in the spare room, on the sofa, my head on two or three pillows, my legs...
View ArticlePeter C. Venable “In Blue Robe”
Peter C. Venable In Blue Robe In blue robe, fuzzy slippers, you sip coffee wet hair hanging from morning sunbeams. Peter C. Venable serves a life sentence, condemned to write poetry and hopes to flavor...
View ArticleUma Menon “sun//shower”
Uma Menon sun//shower imagine wearing sunglasses in the rain, just to hide the tears streaming down your face. Uma Menon is a writer and student at Winter Park High School.
View ArticleKim Ellingson “Untitled #9”
Kim Ellingson Untitled #9 His voice changes when he talks to you. Kim Ellingson, poet and activist, whose work has appeared in FIVE:2:ONE, is a writer in residence at Var Gallery in Milwaukee,
View ArticleJeanie Tomasko “Craigslist”
Jeanie Tomasko Craigslist Because no matter the weather, the work of the birds is to shine, like this morning’s five rusty gray sparrows huddled in the overnight snow on the horn and handlebars and...
View ArticleNadia Wolnisty “I Left”
Nadia Wolnisty I Left There were too many clocks, and no one ever said anything at dinner. Nadia Wolnisty has chapbooks from Cringe-Worthy Poetry Collective, Dancing Girl Press, and from Finishing Line...
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