SWITCH OR AXE
Because someone has to go back, I return
to that boy showering unaware of his stepdad
listening at the bathroom door with its little hook
for the...
EXPEDITION NOTES
"I would need to/learn to half-sleep standing up, always alert for/the leaf that could fell me."
Crows With Sun
CROWS
a determined
them sometimes
on the branches
of today you left
remain now as
a question
in dark things
WITH SUN
crowd of
companions
stain the brightness
a year since you chose to leave
not quite a...
What Lucy Feels Like
The air
inside a
leaf fist.
Not
October’s
burnt romantics
or tin aftermath
of rain,
haiku’s
mist through trees,
lone bonsai
on hillside green—
solitude’s calm
is not the air
I mean.
When you feel
mad at
world
which means
mad at
self,
there’s no
sweet...
The Truth of Low-Hanging Clouds
Tiepolesque: is that a word? If not, it should be:
all these clouds stacked up and shadowed blue,
as if the gods had finally deigned to...
That the mind isn’t guided by the punished shade
"Spots on the surface. A dampness somewhere nears us to sleep. We walk on another kind of nest for the body"
Your Beautiful Robot Face!
A playful yet poignant poem from a dystopian future. In Dustin Luke Nelson's world, robots have replaced humans but live indistinguishably from their organic predecessors
Allegheny Cemetery Day in Winter
The world of "Allegheny Cemetery Day in Winter" is compelling and haunting. A poem by David Blair.
Demolition Trio
Beautiful, pain-laced daily observations by poet Zach Savich during his battle with cancer.
Benign Indignities
Let the waves wash behind you and watch beautiful natural images as Kim Stafford reads aloud in this fusion of word, image, and tune: