Crocuses break through frozen soil as magpies watch from rooftops—a lyrical meditation on winter’s patience and spring’s promise in Summers’ evocative seasonal poem
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Momentary by Bruce McRae
Bruce McRae’s ‘Momentary’ explores the paradoxical nature of time through vivid imagery and philosophical contemplation. The poem captures fleeting instants as both insignificant and infinite
My Name is Jim and I’m a Poet by Jim Murdoch
Jim Murdoch has been writing poetry for fifty years and has graced the pages of many now-defunct magazines and a few
A Day at the Office by Mark Kerstetter
A Day at the Office by Mark Kerstetter Boggled. Paper stacked beneath a box of pencils, paint hardened in tubes, images not rendered fill mental picture frames like engorged intestines. A perimeter of nails, now rusty, encapsulates the unreliable frames. A pummeled palmetto bug drags itself out of the dust only to halt in the […]
The Intersection by Aaron Poochigian
AARON POOCHIGIAN earned a PhD in Classics from the University of Minnesota and an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University.
3 A.M. by Christopher Jones
Christopher Jones founded Lost Prophet Press in 1992 and published the literary magazines Thin Coyote and Knuckle Merchant: the Journal of Naked Literary
Someday I’ll be dead and as for pizza by Gale Acuff
Gale Acuff has had hundreds of poems published in a dozen countries and has authored three books of poetry. His poems have appeared in Ascent, Reed, Arkansas Review, Poem, Slant, Aethlon, Florida Review
Thoughts of a Lonely Woman by Kristy Raines
Kristy Raines was born, April 9, 1957, in Oakland California, in the United States. She is an International Poet and Writer. She is a former
A Wing-stroked Spectacle by Daniel Moreschi
Daniel Moreschi is a poet from Neath, South Wales, UK, who experienced a significant turning point when his ongoing battle with severe
The Computer’s Lament by Nolo Segundo
Nolo Segundo, pen name of L.j. Carber, 77, became a published poet in his 8th decade in over 200 literary journals in 15 countries on 4 continents.
Musky Dog by E Kraft
E Kraft is a poet who enjoys creating origami art and coding for a non-profit organization. Her poems have been published by The Inlandia Institute
Pure by Marcia Trahan
Marcia Trahan is the author of Mercy: A Memoir of Medical Trauma and True Crime Obsession (Barrelhouse Books). Her essays and poetry have appeared in HuffPost,
in the fever we call living by Kathleen Hellen
Featured on Poetry Daily and Verse Daily, Kathleen Hellen’s work has been nominated multiple times for Best of the Net and the Pushcart.
West by Philip Newton
Philip Newton is a writer, musician and stonemason living in Oregon. In addition to publishing one novel, TERRANE (Unsolicited Press, 2018),
Betty by Melody Creek
Melody Creek resides in East Tennessee where you can often find her writing poetry, reading thrillers, and making art.