Disclosure by John L. Stanizzi

Disclosure by John L. Stanizzi

Art: Guilherme Bergamini DISCLOSURE About the author: John L. Stanizzi is author of the full-length collections – Ecstasy Among Ghosts, Sleepwalking, Dance Against the Wall, After the Bell, Hallelujah Time!, High Tide – Ebb Tide, and Chants.  His poems have appeared...
Mother Russia by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

Mother Russia by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

Art: Guilherme Bergamini MOTHER RUSSIA She keeps you shut inside her. In her wooden womb, you grow smaller, smaller. Your ears are sealed beneath a babushka. You sit woodenly through winter, your cheeks wind-burnt red circles. Your mouth, it never opens. Nyet to...
Five Settings by Akachi Obijiaku

Five Settings by Akachi Obijiaku

Art: Fabrice Poussin FIVE SETTINGS I have five settings   In the morning, When I rise and my face falls to glorify my maker   In the afternoon, When I lose all orientation, and question the purpose of my existence   In the evening, When I covet my...
My Country Tis by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

My Country Tis by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

Art: War by Karen Nielsen, @karennielsen13 MY COUNTRY TIS You are the diners of the ’20s, pre-fab, fit into railroad cars or trucks, parked on any street of you, America. You are the glass carousels of cakes, the Napoleons leaking custard, the Boston creams of...
A Crisis of Faith by M. Stone

A Crisis of Faith by M. Stone

Art: Fabrice Poussin A CRISIS OF FAITH A woman shall be silent in church. She shall be submissive to her husband. Her skirt shall be no more than two inches above the knee.   We girls stood in neat rows and held sour lemon drops of shame on our tongues. At day’s...