Natalia Antonova – When They Come
When They Come When they come they will not wear horns They will thoughtfully put those away Sink them to the very bottom of their jewelry boxes For now. They will carefully sheathe their claws In pebble leather that smells romantically of the past Reminding you of winter mornings, grace, long drives whose destinations Have […]
Sam Muller – I Think I Saw You
I Think I Saw You I think I saw you, Last night, Walking down the river path, You were carrying the umbrella I got you For your last birthday The one with dragonflies. And I wondered, Why carry an umbrella in the night? Why? When the sky is clear, And the only thing raining is […]
Soonest Nathaniel – Mystery of the Five Houses
Mystery of the Five Houses I At the house of light bulb, there is fog. The man with the child in his eyes has a cat which sits daily on his lap, gazing constantly at the big sky, searching curiously for Peter Pan. In the warm room, the Lord of the Reedy River sleeps. Under […]
Maren O. Mitchell – Camouflage Addict
Camouflage Addict Every six months since I was fifteen, I’ve assumed a different color hair. Born a brunette, I began with black, a statement to expand into everything or nothingness, each strand straight, thick and serious—the cut, blunt. My eyes darkened to match. I didn’t crack a smile. Next, charcoal grey, graphite that wrote itself […]
Judson Evans – Palimpsest
Palimpsest I smell the time travel in your hair. The all fall down consternation catches in the zipper of your sweater. Call it chrysanthemum snow, a simultaneous Scranton unknown to you. Two guys walk into an alley where a prostitute has bitten her pimp so deeply they make someone call an ambulance. The afternoon light […]
