Atoosa Grey: “Minor Scale”
Atoosa Grey Minor Scale I promised to love you religiously but the seemingly holiest things sometimes hold you captive. Atoosa Grey’s chapbook, Black Hollyhock, was released in the Fall of 2015 by...
View ArticleSara Adams: “M.O.”
Sara Adams M.O. I guess I’ll go to dinner with your mom if she pays but I’m not taking a shower and I’m bringing this warm flat half-drunk two-liter of Pepsi. Sara Adams entertains herself mostly by...
View ArticleIngrid Bruck
Ingrid Bruck My face is broken, drooping mouth, one eye won’t shut, a summer rainstorm. Ingrid Bruck is a poet/storyteller/retired library director whose work has appeared in Howl of Sorrow: A...
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We are pleased that our frequent contributor, Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco, is our guest-editor for the month of March. Thanks, Elizabeth! Dale Wisely Robert Scotellaro
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We thank Robert Scotellaro who, two years ago, co-founded One Sentence Poems and has been our colleague and co-editor in this project since the beginning. Robert inspired the idea, when he guest-edited...
View Articlej. lewis: “Labyrinth”
j. lewis Labyrinth I named my otoliths Theseus and Minotaur for those days when the world around me gyrates out of control as hunter and half-bull run wildly through the maze in my inner ear. j.lewis...
View ArticleBrad Rose: “Yes, But They’re All Robots”
Brad Rose Yes, But They’re All Robots (Found Poem—New York Times 1/8/2016) U.S employers added 292,000 workers in December, an impressive sprint capping off a year of solid job growth. Kenneth...
View ArticleJason Heroux: “Dear North America”
Jason Heroux Dear North America I love the way your empty shopping carts always fit so perfectly inside each other, and the dark lollipop of your stop sign’s shadow. Jason Heroux’s most recent book is...
View ArticleTricia Knoll: “Dictionary of Cross-Cultural Vocabulary”
Tricia Knoll Dictionary of Cross-Cultural Vocabulary 10,000 Klingon words for warfare— as if this needs counting. Tricia Knoll is an Oregon poet. Her website is triciaknoll.com.
View ArticleDan Slaten: “Dream Archeology”
Dan Slaten Dream Archeology Long after the first wave of looting ceased the archeologist knew, from experience, there were still treasures to be found closer to the heart of the dream. Dan Slaten...
View ArticleThanks to Elizabeth!
Thanks to Elizabeth! Robert Scotellaro and I thank Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco for guest-editing for the month of March. Not surprisingly, impeccable work! Elizabeth is one of our regular contributors....
View ArticleSara Adams: “M.O.”
Sara Adams M.O. I guess I’ll go to dinner with your mom if she pays but I’m not taking a shower and I’m bringing this warm flat half-drunk two-liter of Pepsi. Sara Adams entertains herself mostly by...
View ArticleCorey Mesler: “Iron Pain”
Corey Mesler Into Pain I went up high reaching beyond myself and came down into pain, into the awful military aging of my unpleasant fevered skeleton. Corey Mesler owns a bookstore in Memphis, and...
View ArticleRon. Lavalette: “Commute”
Ron. Lavalette Commute It’s both, they tell him, particle and wave and under the sub-zero winter solstice moon he brushes off the photons and swims to work. Ron. Lavalette collects his many published...
View ArticleF. J. Bergmann: “Vodka over Ice”
F. J. Bergmann Vodka over Ice What he read wasn’t a eulogy or a poem, but a highway map, and I could already see the story funneling his adoration of his grandfather into infidelity, obesity and...
View ArticleSteve Klepetar: “My body and yours”
Steve Klepetar My body and yours are two bells ringing on a winter morning as if sound could flow in our veins, warming us with its clarion heat. Steve Klepetar believes that those who can write...
View ArticleJonathan Densford: “Expecting a Call”
Jonathan Densford Expecting a Call Lighting the way from our bed to the bathroom with your phone, you walk like a ghost with a candle, expecting a call. Jonathan Densford lives in Memphis and has had a...
View ArticleBob Carlton: “Another Decision, Deferred”
Bob Carlton Another Decision, Deferred This is the night I could walk away from everything I have, even you, if certain conditions were met that are never met. Bob Carlton (www.bobcarlton3.weebly.com)...
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