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Category Archives: Poetry
Spring Will Come Again
Holly Lyn Walrath Spring Will Come Again One hundred black birds perch on straggling branches— a maze of interwoven fingers forming chapel and steeple of the death tree and its erstwhile lover. When they were seedlings, before they … Continue reading
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A Darker Heaven
Jennifer Crow A Darker Heaven For Elle … Continue reading
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Poisoned Apple
Ann Thornfield-Long Poisoned Apple She was the fairest of womankind. How could jewel green scales compare with … Continue reading
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Introduction to Issue 62 Poetry
It gives me great pleasure to present these six poets for this issue of Abyss & Apex: Ann Thornfield-Long, Jennifer Crow, Holly Lyn Walrath, Chengyu Liu, Vince Gotera and M.X. Kelly. There are recurrent symbols throughout the poems—birds, trees and … Continue reading
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Kissing the Invisible Man
Todd Dillard Kissing the Invisible Man He wants me to shut my eyes when we kiss, to sculpt him in my mind from the blind tools of my body: fingers reading his stubble, lips deciphering his thirst, nose … Continue reading
Maintenance Call
Ken Poyner Maintenance Call My wife needs a new socket. Everyday, as soon as she gets home, She goes directly into the closet And absent-mindedly plugs herself in. She tells me it is part of the contract. … Continue reading
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Ursa Major
John C. Mannone Ursa Major The Big Dipper is really Santa’s sled freewheeling around the North Pole through frosty stars and a red nosed bear taking pointers from Rudolf as his reins arc to a super giant red-eye star, … Continue reading
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Deer Headed Kings
Tanner S. Abernathy Deer Headed Kings On clear evenings up the forest trails winding out a valley are the tombs of the Deer Headed Kings. Tonight the moon rises behind a red maple. Tonight the stars bathe the … Continue reading
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Straw Man
Yilin Wang Straw Man You stab my burlap face with needle and thread, sew a crooked grin, forcing me to flaunt a poor replica of your cosmetic smile. Two buttons give me foresight. Two pipe cleaners bent down for eyebrows, perpetually angry. Ropes move like … Continue reading
Ask for Rabbit
0101001-01 Katharyn Howd Machan Ask for Rabbit He knows this place. He knows which boats will sink and which will stay afloat—awhile. He still cooks his own conch chowder from some of the cans that survived. Green rain he … Continue reading
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