Monthly Archives: November 2011

“love” by Patrick Riedy

love is difficult is believing in life in servitude fear fills my lungs somehow i still breathe it must be my body preparing itself for the sea getting ready for saltwater and you closing up exit wounds before i leave

“love” by Patrick Riedy

love is difficult is believing in life in servitude fear fills my lungs somehow i still breathe it must be my body preparing itself for the sea getting ready for saltwater and you closing up exit wounds before i leave

“we died before the wind swept us ashore” by Michael Koh

the light goes out I am 22 sitting in the darkness life is flaccid my love takes my hand guides it to her chest the radio is on no song plays instead dylan thomas is on the radio ‘wind in

“we died before the wind swept us ashore” by Michael Koh

the light goes out I am 22 sitting in the darkness life is flaccid my love takes my hand guides it to her chest the radio is on no song plays instead dylan thomas is on the radio ‘wind in

Three Poems by Neil Ellman

The Spectral Cow (after the painting by Salvador Dalí)   Cowboy Cowghost spectral dream skin & bones on the hoof haunts my sleep. Is it the image of myself grown old out to pasture out of time? The First Days

Three Poems by Neil Ellman

The Spectral Cow (after the painting by Salvador Dalí)   Cowboy Cowghost spectral dream skin & bones on the hoof haunts my sleep. Is it the image of myself grown old out to pasture out of time? The First Days

Two Poems by Patrick Riedy

today the sun moved one hour to the east overnight when you were sound asleep curling the toes of your cold feet don’t worry love             dreams can care for themselves i’m trying to reach the heart of everything i’m trying

Two Poems by Patrick Riedy

today the sun moved one hour to the east overnight when you were sound asleep curling the toes of your cold feet don’t worry love             dreams can care for themselves i’m trying to reach the heart of everything i’m trying

“and then old fat god made it rain” by Letson Williams

and then old fat god made it rain she was far too willing to accept ‘no’       as the answer the smart one       the littlest one never gave up a single       ghost she loved language   the most her temper was gone       by

“and then old fat god made it rain” by Letson Williams

and then old fat god made it rain she was far too willing to accept ‘no’       as the answer the smart one       the littlest one never gave up a single       ghost she loved language   the most her temper was gone       by

“esplanade” by Patrick Riedy

here time stands still even so move forward                                                very slow esplanade pan-am      electric tower a woman with a large umbrella inappropriately dressed for a stroll in the sun this is what my city looked like? apparition echo

“esplanade” by Patrick Riedy

here time stands still even so move forward                                                very slow esplanade pan-am      electric tower a woman with a large umbrella inappropriately dressed for a stroll in the sun this is what my city looked like? apparition echo

“The Haiku of Wrath” by Virginie Colline

First appeared in Quantum Poetry Magazine, 2011   the dust they all bite men, mice and horses alike dancing for dear lives a man on the pavement in his hands just his head Profile: Virginie Colline

“The Haiku of Wrath” by Virginie Colline

First appeared in Quantum Poetry Magazine, 2011   the dust they all bite men, mice and horses alike dancing for dear lives a man on the pavement in his hands just his head Profile: Virginie Colline

Three Poems by Shelby Milizia

She’s milling back and froth-fer a pooled chanting in her willow gut arms e-lapsing iridescent flies                as Munchhausen coming in as many murmured – many peaches as she can stand pitted green at

Three Poems by Shelby Milizia

She’s milling back and froth-fer a pooled chanting in her willow gut arms e-lapsing iridescent flies                as Munchhausen coming in as many murmured – many peaches as she can stand pitted green at

“implants” by Patrick Riedy

they say her face is so soft because tears are the best moisturizer all the girls do it these days to get young and a step ahead i heard you can get an extra tear duct put into each eye

“implants” by Patrick Riedy

they say her face is so soft because tears are the best moisturizer all the girls do it these days to get young and a step ahead i heard you can get an extra tear duct put into each eye

Three Poems by Howie Good

MUSE I used to imagine you as the sound of falling water, then I woke up one morning with someone else’s heart breaking in my chest. I couldn’t bear to look when the colonel cried, “Bayonets!” and men without an

Three Poems by Howie Good

MUSE I used to imagine you as the sound of falling water, then I woke up one morning with someone else’s heart breaking in my chest. I couldn’t bear to look when the colonel cried, “Bayonets!” and men without an