Poems by Robert Focht

Poems by Robert Focht

Untitled by John Gregory Brown     After the Troubadour   We play like children scribbling chalk;vibrant pastel glyphs vanish in afternoonrain. I was unopened, a letterfull of news waiting formy seal to be slit, a bedtime story pressedlike the scent of...
The Last Born in Volatility by KG Newman

The Last Born in Volatility by KG Newman

Art: Foundwork by Zachary McRae   The Last Born in Volatility   I cut my knuckledisassembling his criband sadness rushed meand all my indecisions,this being the lastof the baby stuffstacking up in the garage. Days later, wife’s questionstill unanswered, I...
Poems by Clara Burghelea

Poems by Clara Burghelea

Pontchartrain by John Gregory Brown       Lost in Translations   When I plunge into the water, velcro lungs humand the island quivers all the way to Etna. Three yearsof gentle slumber later, the volcano coughs fistfuls of ashthat glide into the...
Collages by Despy Boutris

Collages by Despy Boutris

Shape of Things by Joseph O’Neill Collages Despy Boutris         About the author: Despy Boutris’s work is published or forthcoming in American Poetry Review, Southern Indiana Review, Copper Nickel, Colorado Review, The Adroit Journal,...
Oklahoma Tankas & Ars Poetica by Josh Parish

Oklahoma Tankas & Ars Poetica by Josh Parish

Art: Shore of Fancies by Alexey Adonin   Oklahoma Tankas   #1Ice storm. Close your eyes:the wind through the last high leavesin the trees could besquirrels scouring nutshells or birdspacing limbs, warming themselves. #2October, summerstill a stifling dinner...