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...
Thich by Benjamin Goluboff

Thich by Benjamin Goluboff

Art: Nebula by Robert Ferrier THICH   THICH was on top of 3240 W. Lawrence, above where the granite saysDAVID FIREPROOF STORAGE WAREHOUSE 1916,which is above where the awning saysL&L APPLIANCE MART.This is between Kedzie and Sawyer,across from TACO MONTANAand...
Speed Dating by Bob McAfee

Speed Dating by Bob McAfee

Art: Who Knows by Fabrice B. Poussin       About the author: Bob McAfee Writing for a quarter century but just recently self-publishing: “Book 1 Mysteries / New Poems by Bob McAfee” 2017 “Book 2 Enchantments / New Poems by Bob McAfee” 2018 “Book 3 Caprices /...
Matters: A Rising by Danielle Imara and Yolande Brener

Matters: A Rising by Danielle Imara and Yolande Brener

Art: It is Time, by Alex Duensing     Matters: A Rising   Matters: A Rising features 8 black people in the US and UK, aged between 17 and 70 discussing, via Zoom, their feelings about the 2020 Black Lives Matters protests. The conversations cover systemic...