Dualistic Sonnet by Rose Knapp

Dualistic Sonnet by Rose Knapp

Art: Sin Revolution by Karen Nielsen, @karennielsen13 DUALISTIC SONNET Wind smoke smog oxy Cotton scats snaking Through skyscrapers Freeways Kinshasa oil Synthetic field fires No-wave Neon Synths Burst splitting Past realpolitik Tokyo Tolkien Beijing Beyoncé...
Christmas Tree by James Croal Jackson

Christmas Tree by James Croal Jackson

Art: Marie Dashkova, @melodyphoto CHRISTMAS TREE the christmas tree represents unity meaning in this room we want each other blue lights intertwined with pines green and lust thus we hang our ornaments watch the tree shed its skin onto dog-dusty floor. there are hooks...
Stirring by Carolyn Martin

Stirring by Carolyn Martin

Art: Tanja Babić, @tanjaabstractart STIRRING  1. Juncos stagger through  sun-swirling firs, praise  the revival of day.  2.  The alarm commands, Out of bed! Curiosity waits.  3. Headlines disquiet. Not even a mouse  expects peace on earth. 4.  Music hops the fence ...
Imperative by Alison Prine

Imperative by Alison Prine

Art: Ferrandis Issaev, @ferrandisissaev IMPERATIVE not happiness, not the petal, not the wing not the breeze that teases the flesh, carries the little leaf – but the rock you stand on the thick rope ladder, the sturdy wooden boat, the weathered beam, the dock – heft...
The White Curtain by Alison Prine

The White Curtain by Alison Prine

Art: Lady 1 from the Antique Series by David Rodriguez, @davidofficialclub THE WHITE CURTAIN pulled around you is immaculate as a field of snow, and has the same protective instinct. This could be temporary. White sky suggests a pause. A blank screen evokes omission....
Smoke by Robert Rothman

Smoke by Robert Rothman

Art: Tropical Storm Clouds by Tobias Oggenfuss SMOKE Hazy in memory are the tendrils Bending like long-stemmed irises from My father’s cigarettes, billowing out In great clouds of white steam from Our fireplace at night, black and thick As a ship’s furnace in the red...