Five poems by L.R. Berger

Five poems by L.R. Berger

Art: Sasan Golbostani         The Daoist Lu Dongbin Crossing Lake Dongting                                                 Painted Fan, Yuan Dynasty China He was going to cross the water. He was crossing on foot, he was forever going to. I was forever...
Two Poems by Yun Wang

Two Poems by Yun Wang

Art: Earth in Distress by Britnie Walston     Two Poems by Yun Wang, from “The Book of Mirrors” (White Pine Press, 2021)   Sam’s Plan   The little planet is green With lemonade ocean Boys are blue Girls are pink They are ant-size   Forests are purple...
Red Rock, Salvation by Jake Bailey

Red Rock, Salvation by Jake Bailey

Art by: Cyril Larvor           Red Rock, Salvation    Honey pot cosmos, killer bee missiles writing a poetics of space on wet-flecked tongues— do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior?   In Illinois, a statue of the Blessed...
Radioactive Wonder Boy by Jake Bailey

Radioactive Wonder Boy by Jake Bailey

Art: Analyses cela, huile sur lin by Boré Ivanoff           The Radioactive Wonder Boy      Are you happy? I’m happ- ening in two spaces at once   Jump when they call you   Call you, it’s all you’ve got              A worn-down...