Every Day Poems

Joseph L. Dahut is a student at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, where he studies English and Art History. Joseph attended Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C.

Elaine Olund writes and creates visual art and design in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has published poems and short stories in Bartleby Snopes, Turk’s Head Review, Black Denim Lit, and many print and online journals.

Born in Bristol, England, my mother is English Sicilian, my father Irish American. Having duel citizenship I spent much of my childhood traveling between Bristol and Miami. I graduated in 2006 with a B.A in Creative Writing from the University of Surrey

Tim Vander Meulen is an avid writer of fantasy, short stories, and poems. His main line of focus is his Dark World trilogy, an epic fantasy. Short stories and poetry are experimental. He has many ideas,

I am a shell.

So precious you want to crush me.
My timid nature and delicacy frustrates you.

Bethany Rohde received her BA in English from Western Washington University. She is a contributing writer to the arts/humanities blog: All Nine*. She’s always felt most comfortable articulating her thoughts

And it pours and it pours
Holes in the switchboard

Kevin Heaton is originally from Kansas and Oklahoma, and now lives and writes in South Carolina. His work has appeared in a number of publications including: Guernica, Raleigh Review, Beloit Poetry Journal

Shari Jo LeKane-Yentumi lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where she writes poetry, prose and articles; specializes in literary criticism and non-profit matters. She has a B.A. in English, Spanish, and an M.A. in Spanish from Saint Louis

Ethan Evans is a high school English teacher in Southwest Missouri who keeps trying to convince his students that poetry is important. He enjoys reading, writing, and watching the Kansas City Royals play baseball

The world is a broken machine
And we live in the circuitry
Making love to lose ourselves.

Neala writes to understand the nature of light and shadow in her surroundings, herself and in others. Scribbling her stories from the tiny island of Trinidad in the Caribbean, her poetry, fiction and articles reflect what she loves about life in all its beautiful complexities.