Bloodless by Jessu John

Bloodless by Jessu John

Art: My Edinburgh IX from Plastic People Series by Seigar, @jseigar BLOODLESS About the author: Jessu John is a writer currently based in Bangalore, India. She’s working to complete a first collection of poems. Her poetry has featured in The Stinging Fly, Magma...
If Only the Swan by Toni La Ree Bennett

If Only the Swan by Toni La Ree Bennett

Art: Teal Sea Hawk from Sea Hawk Series by Mick Ó Seasnáin IF ONLY THE SWAN (Lugano)   Dusk comes early to a lake encircled by five mountains.   A solitary swan stands at the end of the pier that seems to lead nowhere as the fog rolls in and cuts off its...
41 Shades of Blue by Carol Davis Koss

41 Shades of Blue by Carol Davis Koss

Art:  My Nuclear Paris by Adam De Ville 41 SHADES OF BLUE* When you peered through sun-stained dust through a window across an alley through another’s glass into someone-else’s smallness   when you stared into —— what when you turned towards —— climbed to where –...
Kick It Old School by J.I. Abbot

Kick It Old School by J.I. Abbot

Art: Robert Ferrier KICK IT OLD SCHOOL ‘87 an island summer of sexually ripe worship. The days began at my old school, with waves of full-length prostrations in the room provided to me as student guide to a poetry conference. June, post semester. In a ‘50s-era dorm,...
Oh, Honey by Anna Saikin

Oh, Honey by Anna Saikin

Art: Thomas Kräher, @tkraeher. OH, HONEY I read once that every fig Swallows a wasp whole— Digests it with juice, Dissolves it into sweetness, Makes seeds from its wings.   My husband’s mother speaks Of salt water marshes, Snakes living in crawl spaces, Old figs...
Black Out by Fabrice Poussin

Black Out by Fabrice Poussin

Art: There I can be free by Guy Geva BLACK OUT Precious moment at midday when all stops, home for fuel for beast and boy, a privilege to play with the big ones, and feast with them.   August has been a scorcher, and makes no apology for the sunburn on an exposed...