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poetry
June-July 2026 Issue
POETRY: Crazy/To Be Alive in Such a Strange World
CRAZY/TO BE ALIVE IN SUCH A STRANGE/WORLD--Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Denise Duhamel
with The Lunatics playing classic rock ...
January-February 2026 Issue
South Carolina poet Traci Neal’s words to be featured in Carnegie Hall project honoring Black women
From the press release: Columbia, South Carolina- based poet Traci Neal is making history as her work gets selected for a groundbreaking musical composition...
January-February 2026 Issue
POEM: Steve McCleery by Peter Mladinic
He made me feel like I was part of somethingin a way I’d never felt before and have not feltsince. Part of a community.
I...
November-December 2025 Issue
POETRY: Madrid, New Mexico, USA
by Aaron Smith
Whether you’ve visited or haven’t,Friend, you know this scene.It lives true blue in your red American heart.I promise.Allow me to tell you...
November-December 2025 Issue
POETRY: Museum Kitchen
by Peter Mladinic
Odell and Iwere making coffee.Outside there was an event,a talk, a guy impersonatinga historical figure. Odellwas talking about fly fishingand as he...
Poetry
POETRY: The Hard Hours
By Peter Mladinic
The Hard Hours, a tall, black paperback,by Anthony Hecht, said, “Open me.July 30th is past, the 31st is beginning.”A talking book. The...
Poetry
POETRY: Overheard in a Miami CVS Parking Lot
By Denise Duhamel
The man on his cell says he wants a family treetattooed on his back. So you’re sure you canmake me a tree?...
From the Editor
POETRY: Of Two Minds
By Peter Mladinic
He’s looking forward to death.I’m not looking forward to death.I’m looking forward to deathabout as much as I’m looking forwardto opening a...