By Johnny PayneFeb 221 minBoneyardThe more I died, the more I came to life. In quicklime quickened, I returned as breath the way a cut releases from a knife. My blood had...
By Adam SediaFeb 221 minWindmills (Benton County, Indiana)The thunder departs. Its withdrawing boom Calls to a beam of angling light That strikes the titan towers through the gloom And sets them...
Fr. Dwight LongeneckerFeb 161 minThe Pilgrimage (St. Margaret's, Binsey, Oxford)You have to pass through the distressing part of this mostly golden town to get there. You continue—pressing past Jericho and on through...
By David B. GosselinFeb 101 minFresh-Picked RosesA rose is lying in the summer mud— The dew still fresh from when it fell last night. A phoenix sinks into a sea of sands— See how the...
By John H. B. MartinFeb 101 minLes Sylphides & Other Poetryfrom a Photograph Flesh longed, at last, to be so impregnated and so inseminated, like a flower is pollinated by the breeze … (Or bees)....
By Bruce MeyerFeb 41 minTelling the Bees About JourneysThey met me coming up the concession to our lane after the bus’s flag stop. They were waiting in the bursts of asters, in milkweed pods...
By Johnny PayneJan 301 minThe Isle of the DeadIn 5/8 time, we row toward our demise. Rachmaninoff supplies the oars, the boat the waves, the craggy cliffs, the leaden skies. All we...
By Kevin Blankinship Jan 252 minMediterranean Fortunes & Other PoetryMediterranean Fortunes A cold, dry Mistral gallops down the Rhone, reminding of what Dumas wrote: a count, falsely accused, rotting...
By David B. GosselinJan 191 minAncient DreamsI saw a young bard, A prince sitting on An ancient divan, Plucking the strings Of his Dorian lyre. His dainty fingers Strummed the gentle...
By John SteeleJan 92 minThe Gate & Other PoemsThe Gate It’s not so hard to turn into a gate. To do so, just assume this shape: from kneeling, stretch one leg out to the side, place...
By Adam SediaDec 31, 20211 minThe New YearThe fields stretch out, bare, icy: __Wide, blank, yet-unetched slates, Tabulae rasae, waiting __The chisel of the Fates, But deep beneath...
By Daniel LeachDec 28, 20211 minThree Traditional Haikus by Daniel LeachLike ghosts, the buildings Watch the changing earth and sky— Nothing is empty. Though in dark shadow, Gnarled and bent, it seems to rise...
Fr. Dwight LongeneckerDec 24, 20211 minNativityForget your Christmas cards and little crèche the cutesy donkey, sheep and shepherd boys. Put away the twinkle lights and all that trash;...
By Michael R. BurchDec 19, 20211 minResurrecting PassionLast night, while dawn was far away and rain streaked gray, tumescent skies, as thunder boomed and lightning railed, I conjured words,...
By Adam SediaDec 12, 20211 minIncenseA hundred tongues of smoke— Translucent wisps, lithe specters— Rise, snaking languidly, Curling, grasping like tendrils At the light they...
By Daniel LeachDec 12, 20211 minWindowsIn March, when the shadows are long, I am walking Down the streets of the city I knew long ago, And see as in dreams empty windows there...
By Caitlin JohnstoneDec 6, 20212 minIn That Final MomentWhen the nukes start flying, when we see the mushroom cloud growing on the horizon, when reality comes crashing down in the most overt...
Fr. Dwight LongeneckerDec 1, 20211 minAnnunciationHere in a bright alchemy, history collides and combines with eternal things. The mundane is infused with mystery, and the dust and mud...
By Janice CanerdyNov 28, 20211 minGo Now and PlayGo out now, children, while you can and play. The time to romp and frolic will not last. Drink Kool-Aid under shade trees while you may....
By David B. GosselinNov 13, 20211 minThe Man Who Never CriesThe man who never cries is like the ship That never sailed or left the sleepy shores, Who’s never felt the waves of peril whip Against...