by JL Jacobs | May 6, 2019 | Poetry
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...
by JL Jacobs | May 3, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Happiness by Raylan Pulley ALLEY WILDFLOWERS I was torn between picking the alley wildflowers yellow and wind-tossed or just letting them be although I’d never pick all of them an anti-communal act denuding the alley for everyone else. Even three...
by JL Jacobs | May 1, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Nikolas Karathanasis I SAW A KITTEN DEAD ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON I saw a kitten dead on Tuesday afternoon, lying in the shade of the bright green trees in the corner by the bridge and the river, where the garbage trucks come every week, eyes closed,...
by JL Jacobs | Apr 24, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Rest Awhile by Linda Chapman CHARGING About the author: Yuan Changming published monographs on translation before leaving China. With a Canadian PhD in English, Yuan currently edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver; credits include ten Pushcart...
by JL Jacobs | Apr 22, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Trinket by Nancy Shuler FROG, YANGSHENG (LIFE NURTURING) & WEIXIN (WECHAT) I was video-chatting with my mom On my iPad when I heard a loud call From a handsome frog. Not to disturb My night owl son still busy dreaming Against noon light, I locked himself out...
by JL Jacobs | Apr 19, 2019 | Poetry
Art: Molten Chrysanthemums by John Chavers FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS Found my very first dime Early one morning on my way to work. Shimmery like a supermarket Our Lady of Guadalupe Jar candle whose wax had reached the base The coin lay shrouded by discarded comedy club...
