A Single Leafthis poem is a leaf falling from a treethis poem is the stillness after the last echo soundsthe pause between an exhalation and the next inhalethis poem is gravel embedded into kneean offering of thanks for a crust of week-old bread this poem is the rumble of armoured trucksa deluge of debristhis poemContinue reading “A Single Leaf. A poem by Josephine LoRe”
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3 poems by CS Venable
First They Came, An Elegy for Hind Rajab”Six-year-old Hind Rajab spent three hours on the phone with Palestinian emergency services, crying for help, stranded in a car under Israeli fire in Gaza. Her relatives were killed while trying to escape. Twelve days later, she was found dead. What happened after Hind’s phone line went dark?”Continue reading “3 poems by CS Venable”
2 poems by Poet in Residence Mansour Noorbakhsh
And into your ears only I need to lurk rather than walk. I’m forced to lurk if I am still thinking of you. We were content to read a poem aloud. And to an inhalation of a loud laugh. We have been forced to remain silent, in honor of the generic products’ anthem. Wine doesn’tContinue reading “2 poems by Poet in Residence Mansour Noorbakhsh”
3 poems by D. R. James
If god were gentleLet us believe in a strong god,who makes the oceansroar and the wind crack about our ears…For we are envious of this, and tobelieve in a gentle god,therefore, does not become us.—John Haines, “Pictures and Parables, IV” But if god were gentle, here’s what would become us: bluest sky, the sun-warmed porch,Continue reading “3 poems by D. R. James”
2 poems by Peter Mladinic
A Green LeafA green leaf of a Dutch elmlooks nothing like a safety pin.A branch of the blue spruce out my window, a bristled branch looks like a cylinder brush.The closed pin holds up a diaper. The leaf sways in the wind, on a branch above a river moving on, like hands of a clock. SqueakTheyContinue reading “2 poems by Peter Mladinic”
3 poems by Tom Pennacchini
A good clean breakrealities routine’s are a stone crusherall of itthe jobsthe relationshipsthe strivingthe failingthe achievements (I’m guessing)and more begets moreall the do’s of you hafeta doyou can get tired beyond exhaustiontired of your selfyour thoughts (if you are inclined to that sort of thing)and relief is much neededsome quiet a long walk to theContinue reading “3 poems by Tom Pennacchini”
3 poems by Lynn White
A Rose For GazaGaza is a garden full of roses.Stone roses.Rock roses.No petals to crush and bruiseto release their fragrance.Only dust.Dust and the stenchof death.No green space left.No sweet tranquility,peace or quiet.No escape.No garden of Eden here.No gateway to paradise.Rubble and rock roses.So I shall plant a rose for Gazain my green space,in my tranquilContinue reading “3 poems by Lynn White”
3 poems by Mike Madill
Maybe TomorrowDon’t judge when you picture me with my feet up in a La-Z-Boy, nestled amongst fluffy cushions, my boy Elmo sprawled across my lap, furry snore. Instead, stop my latest sulk overthe time squandered since Covid moved in next door, dodgy back and lost worknow my own endless lockdown. Oh hell, where’s the chocolate?Continue reading “3 poems by Mike Madill”
5 poems by Yuan Hongri. Translated by Yuanbing Zhang
Cherish The Memory of the Heaven Today I would like to thank the world that looks like the hell.It makes the fire that cherish the memory of the Heaven burning inside me;it reminds me of the precious fruit of the sweet golden tree.Those palaces and towers swirling music from outer space,those giants whose bodies areContinue reading “5 poems by Yuan Hongri. Translated by Yuanbing Zhang”
on the way… A poem by Alene Sen
on the way. . . do not pause do not think stop my task grab a drink no regrets play and start for my brain for my heartget up and dance get up and prance shake my legs shake my hands move to the beat move to the groove move like i got something toContinue reading “on the way… A poem by Alene Sen”
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