January at Five in the Afternoon Sun on snow too bright a shine: blind- ness, migraine, glister of frostbite, all day as if we lived
Tag: Poetry
Sounds of a Wet Morning By Judy Koren
Sounds of a Wet Morning Raindrops patter sparrows chatter leaves sigh as a breeze gusts by, darkness lifting reveals fog drifting: black becomes white as
July 14, 2018—to Pella, Iowa By M. Anthony C.
July 14, 2018—to Pella, Iowa Dear Widow Silence, Yesterday in class, Paul, a peer, till he started to harass My rhymes, seemed astute. I don’t
First Girl on the Moon By Marc Alan Di Martino
First Girl on the Moon Her bedroom is a stellar nursery. Lights out, glows marshmallow. Orion’s belt studs the headboard as Saturn’s placid rings constrict
Boy in Nature By Max Saran
Boy in Nature The butterfly had cleaned his handsome teeth His mouth had clutched its insect face to bind Its wings over his face, fluttering
On Reading the Biography of Henry I: A Triolet By Jacob Riyeff
On Reading the Biography of Henry I: A Triolet In the failing evening’s light I read of England’s early, sturdy kings. To rest—for rest is
Grand Little Things 