Category Archives: Poetry

” I Live Once More” as the pink carpet grows over the weeds are the thorns as the angels above look below in a matter of scorn as the ashtrays overflow with inhalation, used gone as the clock hands scream and grow and fumble on as the leaves interchange color texture smell as the souls […]

Nocturne In the early hours of the morning, At 2:30 and sometimes after, I would hear my father, Unable to sleep, couching, His footsteps moving about, As he transformed the kitchen Into a concert hall, With refrigerator doors closing loudly. Jars could be heard opening. Their vacuum seals hissing, Lids rolling, spiraling and strumming Across […]

Josh describes himself as follows, “I am Josh Cochran: poetperson and explicator of such silly things as ideas. I’ve been writing for about a year now and this is the second submission of any of my poetry. I am a wanderer of the web and a lover (and hater) of arts, literature, and music. This […]

Tendai Dawanyi is a native of Zimbabwe. Currently he is a freelance writer residing in Cincinnati Ohio. He also works in news production for a local TV station. The further you are away from home, the stronger your sense of identity….. #1 The African Spirit Its mysterious and intangible But so real and powerful Like […]

An English major at the University of North Texas in Denton. Trevor previously attended Southeastern Oaklahoma State University in Durant. He says, “I always thought I had an ear and a heart for poetry, but thanks to professor Randy Prus, I developed the honesty and dedication it takes to become a poet. I really owe […]

Three poems all written within the last few months, in no specific order. I hope you enjoy. RELIVING YOU pallor pale, cold, rough skin pocked, pain blackened eyes, nails bit to the root. I recount details, marks noted hatefully, minor feelings enlarged to sizes meaningful. This is when I see you for who you really […]

Mike Elkins Cannibal Animal Two men make a deal on the steps of the capital One’s selling out the air that you breathe can’t seem to get his pocket full And me I’m chasing my tail like a dog just to pay the bills There’s a wolf in the shadows where he waits very patiently […]

Marc Awodey My poetry has been selected by many print and electronic publications including; Humanitas, Writers Journal, Zuzus Petals Quarterly online, Recursive Angel, Anthem, Thoth, Ygdrasil, Lexicon, Tight, Defined Providence, Illyas Honey, The Portland Review, Midwest Poetry Review, Obscure, Southern Ocean Review, Webgeist, Glossolalia, and many others. Marc Awodey of Burlington, has an M.F.A. from […]

A poem Dan wrote on Earthday. The Monkey hopes you enjoy! Dig… Our Purpose The responsibilities of life confuse the soul to the extent that we no longer know who we are. We do not recognize our own species as our family let alone respect other species. Unless a plant provides us beauty or food […]

Notebook Margins Does He Like Me? I look at him at lunch, I look at him in the morning, And I wish he’d give me a warning! Does He Like Me? I pray for him in the morning, I pray for him at night, I pray his love will come in sight! Does He Like […]