Prisoners fought in Paradise for wishing well donations. Nickels and dimes would not splash high […]
Category: Poetry
Rhythms of Time by Lynn White
Rhythms of timegathering pace.Working up to the wavethat crashed into me,propelled me forwardand now sucks […]
White Coat Probing by Delvon T. Mattingly
I am awarethat my mood is a pit,sometimes hollow, other timesdarker than melanin. The physician […]
Lament by Richard Wells (For Phebe)
Trouble and I can’t dragtwo-hundred bucksoutta my bank account What bank account and I […]
July 4th by Maryam El-Shall
crowds crowdingcowboy hatsamerican flagsninety-nine cents flipflops flip everythingyou see is made in chinadidn’t you know […]
My Story in the Style of Peaches by Wendy Silva
My mother picked peaches in the fieldsmy father did, where they reached into the same […]
A Dairy Crisis, Newark Valley, NY by N.D. Erwin
In 1984, the farm crisis starved us.The pail was heavy, and milk sloshed over the […]
Lynette’s War by Chella Courington
Cousin Lynette says she’s tired from cleaningEast Main houses of rich bitches. They don’t even […]
The 82 by Alyssa Carabez
This is a working-class busBusy: 7 am to 9 am,3 pm to 6 pm,and just […]
A Carpenter’s Legacy by Thom Brucie
I learned to sign my worksomewhere hidden in a wallor the back of a cabinet,my […]