Category: Poems

Barbara Jane Reyes Olive Oil “Hum you five choruses of rich, green sea. When olive tarts your tongue, dream, think on me.” –G.R.     …

Dana Ward A Dos in the Woods After the birds under late cement, always that way, per your naturalist interest the sky’s neigh silkwoven blisters …

Chad Parenteau They Say I Should Be Used To It My father throws out another pop question: Name the desired shape of the dream house …

Charlie Rossiter U.S. 1 Ran Right Through Campus On nights when I felt low I stared out the window at passing cars and thought about …

Andrena Zawinski Riding the BART to Berkeley Someone in the summer packed train station reeks of salami, follows me seat to seat. The retro-hip girl …

Joseph Lease August Sleeper, leaves are hands, then the house Breathes: and you tried to give words away: You’re still trying to convince her You’re …

Lakey Teasdale 2 Poems The Shipping Forecast I The striking thing about reading these pieces is that High Rockall and the general synopsis you find …

Daniel W.K. Lee Why He Left At last the room corners spoke: he never learned how to read between the lies return to SHAMPOO 15

Nathalie Trytell When September Comes In September Always, The devils’ spirit Comes to crudely reawaken me Beating bones, rattling my biceps like a thousand bells. …

Richard Lopez Butterfly Knife Click and glint of steel the blade bent cold and might a moment be measured but by its absence balanced in …

Murray Moulding Glory #5 Take the escalator to colognes and vesper sparrows.  Or are those midget bachelors oiling up her lady bug lady bug? It’s …

Michael Carr The Greatest Prawn on Earth Intentional misuse of the first part precipitates in considerable misrepresentation of the second part. The first part isn’t …