Holy Candle Blues by Michael D. Amitin

Holy Candle Blues by Michael D. Amitin

Art: Marie Dashkova, @melodyphoto HOLY CANDLE BLUES In the red-sweet sunsetangel brother bent his blown glass ear over the wall of eternity listening in on my restless rathouse jam.She entered peeling story-caked walls riding lightning rod brooms swept me out to...
10,000 Winters by Peter Manos

10,000 Winters by Peter Manos

Art: Mountains by Baptiste Charruyer, Paris, @wild_fangs_photos TEN THOUSAND WINTERS BEFORE WRITTEN WORDS “Stop this day and night with me, and you shall possess the origin of all poems.” –Walt Whitman Ten thousand winters before written words when rousing...
In the Blue House by Max Talley

In the Blue House by Max Talley

Art: Moon by Mary Hanrahan IN THE BLUE HOUSE Inside the blue house, our house, everything is blue: the furniture, walls, and the general mood. We drink beer once in a blue moon and it is indeed Blue Moon. Even our humor is blue. We listen to old comedy records by Redd...
To Be Prepared by Heikki Huotari

To Be Prepared by Heikki Huotari

Art:  Two Men Sitting (Peter and Mehmet) by Gianluigi di Napoli, @gianluigidinapoli TO BE PREPARED   __________________________________________________________________ About the author:  Heikki Huotari is a retired professor of mathematics. In a past century, he...