Category Archives: Poetry

John C. Mannone There Are No Secrets Among the Stars The Wise One fell from heaven through the cold rock wall He lighted upon a slab in the tomb A white linen unfolded itself to wrap around his body with … Continue reading →

Tabor Skreslet Two-Minute Test Sterile expectant surfaces enclose medbay lab chemical reaction waiting woman waiting two minutes I know that I skipped it I’ve been counting so well tracking cycles do I feel different should I feel different yet it’s … Continue reading →

Michelle Koubek The Child From far away, rings circling a gentle lemon sphere, smooth and crisp like a record, cuts the empty air. A flat sanctuary out of shadow, flawless pond frozen so the beauty remains, begs for the footsteps … Continue reading →

John Wise In Darkness I am what you find in darkness. I exist in fissures which appear when pale streetlight constructs shadow. I move from darkness to darkness— a moment disregarded in normal circumstance. I am what you find in … Continue reading →

  ______________ Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios’ award-winning chapbook, Special Delivery, was published in 2016, her second, Empty the Ocean with a Thimble in 2021, and her third, Concerto for an Empty Frame by Kelsay Books in 2023. Nominated four times for a Pushcart Prize, twice for Best of Net, she … Continue reading →

Gretchen Tessmer Gretel Returns to the Gingerbread House Gretel went back for Hansel but she fell into a trap that wily witch was waiting knowing love would bring her back same old tricks, sweet drinks and pie trays piled high … Continue reading →

Francesca Leader You Rumpelstiltskin You You came, Spindly fingers sporing, Eyes boring, Voice dewdropped with innuendo That there was nothing You liked more Than a pretty whore With a problem— Pretty (and) helpless, pretty (and) nameless, Your name a secret … Continue reading →

Holly Hunt It Happened Just Walking A grove of pine trees in the pasture Grown wild uncut for fifty years. A place the old man never steps inside where you venture, on one certain day and time, encompassed by a … Continue reading →

Fija Callaghan  Forbidden Fruit      Let us give a voice to the first woman, and reveal to her a world that lies just beyond her reach. Let us bring respite to the fairest of them all, and teach the cost … Continue reading →