Category: Poems

Mona Lisa Donnelly You Walk So Nicely “You walk so nicely!” “…15 months.” Speaking nonsense. (Just as much nonsense as my last 15 words.) Living …

Larry Sawyer Venusian Primer rp neep burb bærp belk nop norp forst curz jop forf fillf gørtz dreez lopit norbit borbit forbit feen joropit goritzen …

Thomas Downing Aphrodisiac Forbidden, still the postman sees           the envelope as aphrodisiac. Criminal to open, but not to scent and …

Christina Strong Re: Of Value      and I have seen countdown talk rhetoric float basin poverty               and …

rob mclennan from paisley for nathalie stephens 1. go big or go. a machine-shop of users. brings the car around. takes four days to do …

Jill Jones Cowboys He came down off the bus looking like a cowboy adjusting his brim rubbing his boots. Just one black bag in his …

Del Ray Cross what made me write I was walking around in the snow and came upon a tennis court my landlord collected garbage and …

James Meetze from Serenades Constantly, in this tranquil spot, I feign gentle.  Swoon.  An evening sparrow says nightbirds. I say numbers are for counting the …

Kevin Killian Black and White (This is a poem about male bonding) He—the subject—is black and white. Even his clothes are like telephones. Sometimes I …

Chris Major Surface Tension Slowly the tributes come. First in dribs and drabs, then a steady stream; until finally a rush forms a clot of …

Corey Mesler Squidink I write with seawater because I was told that it’s closest to blood, you know, chemically. I dip my old quill into …

Timothy Liu Next Day Between the cycles of wash and rinse, a song about to be sung, all ears lulled by a radio while toddlers …