Pebbles – Sandeep Kumar Mishra
Time smoothes rainbow hardness Of tree basalt, vermillion jasper, Silvery granite and pale feldspar With the help of humdrum But patient jeweller...
After Leaving the B Train at Bryant Park – John Casquarelli
John Casquarelli is the author of two full-length collections: On Equilibrium of Song (Overpass Books, 2011) and Lavender (Authorspress, 2014)....
What We Couldn’t Know – George Perreault
The kids across the street had daily tasks, Leon’s to sweep the inside stairs, which often he forgot, and we’d...
Cold Tapioca – Ken Pobo
When I told Dun Dunt that I had fallen in love, he served me cold tapioca. With magic powers. I...
Sole Survivor Finds A Relic: Chanel No. 5 – Teresa Sutton
If I try to get everything back, sometimes pure essence of a single flower is all that comes when I...
Bonus Pater Familias or the Man on the Clapham Omnibus – Ed Tato
Ten, no, at least a dozen bagpipes groan across the gravel lot outside your window. Snare drums stutter as you...
Two Poems – Larry Narron
Recess A cartwheeling script of broken music notes tumbles from the tip of my pen: a row of children swinging...
We Build Cathedrals of Longing – Jesse Holth
Under the tree-filtered sun, it’s Golden Hour and we sit sipping peaches. Gilded haze and sideways light make the finest bouillon....
Bending at the Edges by Jamie McGillen
Sun blasts heat in yellow laughs but someday the sun will explode how all things do when they hold too...
The Probable Aftermath of a Fistfight by M. Drew Williams
I’ll hobble into the foothills to stand half-blind in the lilted dark above the draw, looking out over the valley...