What was by Denise O’Hagan

What was by Denise O’Hagan

Art: Cyril Larvor WHAT WAS In the kitchen I stand Tracksuit-clad and blinking As the click of the front door shuts The sounds of the day away. I snuff the gas And the subterranean gurgling fades to naught As, like a latter-day suburban witch Leaning over her...
Gambling the Aisle by Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah

Gambling the Aisle by Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah

Art: Feux d Artifice sur Canal Saint-Martin, Paris by Boré Ivanoff GAMBLING THE AISLE An arm length this uproar from the sea in an urgent need of an operation, crabs climb out and at first glance seeming the ruddy attendants to modify the then-yellow lacquer, their...
No Space, No Time by Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah

No Space, No Time by Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah

Art: Conflicted by Robert Ferrier NO SPACE, NO TIME Face it. The distance dissolves from Tom Jones to Tiago Hannah, the sun is cold & wet in Mopti. To bring about its areas such as Cape West in the offing, a request for the location, the basic values are its...
So Zoo Me by Mark Blickley and Donna Bassin

So Zoo Me by Mark Blickley and Donna Bassin

Art: The Hanging by Gavin Mayhew SO ZOO ME I didn’t want to go on this Bronx Zoo outing. I’ve lived nearly 67 years without ever visiting. Never had any interest watching poor trapped souls ache for the freedom of their visitors. When the Seniors Housing Commission...