To tell her glories with a faithful tongue, Ye blooming graces, triumph in my song. Now here, now there, the roving Fancy flies, …
Fairytale for Girls who Seek to Meet the Horizon by Sandy Longhorn
Once there was a girl born quiet on these rolling hills, her throat dry, her lips and tongue gone tangled. She listened well enough …
Day 36 2014
Thy smoke of silk, both fair and white, With gold embroidered gorgeously: The petticoat of sendal right’ And thus I brought thee gladly.
SHE DOESN’T NEED TO SEE THE MENU by Blythe Baird
1. I am watching you get sick. The whites of your eyes are becoming yellow yolks; cheeks hang like grocery bags. You make diets of …
How I Got Red Hair as a Child by Malaika King Albrecht
The first ghost I met said he could extinguish me like a candle flame. A single gust, and I’d be gone. I …
Ode to White by Melanie Faith
Go-go boots. After Dorianne Laux Satin blouse. Dining hall porcelain cradling oolong. Garbage liner. Woven handles on a handbag. Zigzags on an auntie’s …
Losing It by Joy Beshears
We were wild and determined that night, me sixteen, firm and flowering, needing to be loved. He was just some guy from school, looking older …
Birth Poems by Joseph Mills
The 1799 birth certificate has a poem in its design. We read it, admire the art, and then my daughter asks, “Daddy, what’s my birth …
Slam Poetry: Shrinking Women
[su_youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQucWXWXp3k”] Poetry can have a profound, visceral effect on a person, and in all honesty, few pieces of art have impacted me as much …