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...
Overture by Todd Evans

Overture by Todd Evans

Art: Big wave from drone view by Gwendolyn Pryor OVERTURE He does a twinkle on the piano. Opens his mouth, lets go a high note. Loudest one he can muster, it lasts and lasts and lasts. His note, his breath morphs into ribbons of wind. Ribbons swirl, brush against the...
Dali Knew a Thing or Two by Mark Gordon

Dali Knew a Thing or Two by Mark Gordon

Art: Going Down by Nancy Shuler DALI KNEW A THING OR TWO About the author: Mark Gordon is a novelist and poet who grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals in Canada and the United States, including Poet Lore, Quiddity...
Seven Tanka by Mark Gordon

Seven Tanka by Mark Gordon

Art: Narcissus by Nancy Shuler SEVEN TANKA   Seven Tanka is reprinted from VerseWrights.com/TweetSpeak.com About the author: Mark Gordon is a novelist and poet who grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals in Canada...