A House Divided by Kathleen Chamberlin
The war within me rages still:
An endless ebb and flow, high tides and low
A riptide of dangerous, clashing emotions [...]
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Short Fiction and Poetry
4 Haiku by Jerome Berglund
jupiter's digestive tract:
small solar system
and one kuiper object [...]
Autobiography by Candice Kelsey
I used to know who I was. Today I’m just another adult. There are a lot of us. Adulthood makes for an easy scapegoat [...]
Watchful Beasts by Paul Goudarzi-Fry
Far below us, I can see the barrel cactuses on the side of the plateau,
and he drags me back wordlessly by the neck away from the edge [...]
Sentiment In Santa Cruz by Katey Taylor
cotton candy and carnival rides, stretched across the boardwalk tides [...]
The Third Person; Transfarency by Charles Rammelkamp
While at the day care lady’s
picking up my daughter after work,
one of the moms, Kathy,
is telling us about an accident [...]
Bitter Truths; Over-Simplification; Fatalism by Samantha Terrell
We sketch our realities with great
Care, filling in details that are perpetually
Smudged out [...]
Or Is The 'Great War Poem' Played Out; Transient Global Amnesia by K.R. Wilson
On the map, now,
if you can find it,
south of Ypres,
it’s Sint-Elooi [...]
Granata by Kristy Bowen
The maidens all line up, row by row. Sew their mouths into smiles and
while away the afternoons near the riverbed [...]
(For Salman Rushdie) by David R. Mellor
There are no words
Because words can lead to death [...]
Prophecy; Defiance by Petar Penda
A prophecy says the sea will drown clouds
Disarm them of thunder and lightning,
Of heavy rains, hail and snow [...]
9.81; Closing In On My Aloofness; Morals Murky As A Duck Pond by Richard LeDue
Gravity pulls on a feather as much
as a bowling ball, but other things
get in the way, slowing a feathery descent [...]
How this love is a gun by Clara Burghelea
We jinxed ourselves to the marrow of the night,
never to catch a wink of sleep, I am no fisherman,
you whisper [...]
Dad Jokes; Oenophilia by K.R. Wilson
consider the dad joke:
a corny response to a
trivial ambiguity
(hi hungry, i’m dad ) [...]
You Needn't Search Alone; Homesick Wanderlust by Lawrence Moore
Long after darkness first strolled out to play,
we cut the torches, possibly to sleep,
convinced all other lights were slunk away [...]
How To Defeat Demons; How Long; Please Note by Jacqueline Jules
You can’t see them, but you know
they are there, waiting, whispering.
They surround you when you sleep [...]
towards Silence; Aftershocked by Evelyn Moriarty
I am listening for a silent sound
beyond this world, and our time,
and the limits of our selves; [...]
A Mad Pen by Navraj Goyal
Don’t mind me! I am just a
mad pen.
Ignore me, or walk
over me, trample my words.
What? No. Why should I mind? [...]
Canned Fruit Salad; Ice Sailor by Nolcha Fox
Cheap bastards.
Only one cherry [...]
Not Yet; My 'round Town (chemo) Toddle by KC Hill
An old friend
shines down on my shoulders
soothing
pecking light on my cheek
warm kisses [...]
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