Sestina by Carol Koss

Sestina by Carol Koss

Art: “Un Coup de Dés Jamais N’Abolira Le Hasard” by Nelly Sanchez Sestina: Words to the Unwise (Words in Play)   We seek within quotidian lives a strainof thoughts, of dreams, of wishes in a wellto satisfy our lust for sagas longto which we cling, to...
Li Bai translations by Yun Wang

Li Bai translations by Yun Wang

Art: Where the Clouds Meet the Mountain by Louis Fiorucci Li Bai translations by Yun Wang   Li Bai (701–762), or “Li Po”, known as the Exiled Immortal, is the most celebrated and beloved poet in Chinese history. These poems are from Yun Wang’s Chinese/English...
Kakku by Karen Frederick

Kakku by Karen Frederick

Art: Out of the Blue Boy by Gabriel Embeha   Kakku “Get to Shore” We floated lifeless among pieces of our lives. Sky and sea were black. The wind had died down a bit, the current curled ‘round our waists and pushed us further and further into the unknown. By morning...
For Schopenhauer by Russ Allison Loar

For Schopenhauer by Russ Allison Loar

  For Schopenhauer Show me your sun-drenched sprigs of winter, The juniper bug as he howls, The rise and fall of oatmeal In the misty dawn of a burgeoning wahoo! Show me these things, My sweet, bare-faced darling, And I shall inherit your property With the gay...