. Induction by Carol Alexander, first published in “Canary“, copyright 2012 They told the child of the sea– liquid poem of it, pocket stone pawn for rail and racketing train– journeys of the fingerling spawned and enshelled hermit crab pincering… Read More ›
Five Days by Allison Grayhurst, copyright 2017 Five days without belief, lost like a pebble tossed into a deep stream. My prayers have turned grey, culled by despair – there but not really there. Every ghost has come in, crowding… Read More ›
Editor’s Note: This lovely ekphrastic poem celebrating rain by Dr. Angelee Deodhar seems particularly appropriate given the extreme dry weather and wild fires we are having in the Pacific Northwest–and yes here we are praying for rain (unlike in Texas!)…. Read More ›
I Don’t Remember the Willamette by Marianne Szlyk, copyright 2017 (Response to Bea Garth’s painting “At the River“) . If I were to paint a picture of my life in Oregon, that river would not run through it. I remember… Read More ›
SUMMER WAS ALWAYS A LIAR by Nils Peterson, copyright 2017 previously published in 3 Quarks Daily (http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2017/08/sunday-poem.html#comments), and parts of it in Sandhill Review . June At the far outpost of the Empire of Light, the bugle sounds retreat. pale… Read More ›
Editor’s Note: This is an endearing funny story by Elizabeth Bruce. Erik Kaye’s watercolor painting is pure genius! AIRPORT CADDY flash fiction by Elizabeth Bruce, copyright 2017 . One dollar? Just to rent a stupid cart? “Airport caddy,” they call… Read More ›
Ampersand by Catfish McDaris, copyright 2017 Sometimes at night I meet myself when I was young, looking in the mirror every- thing about me disgusts me What color is the wind? What color is an orgasm? What color is death?… Read More ›
Editor’s Note: Stuart Scott leads a panel of experts in this informative TV show from the Conference of Parties in Marrakech, Morocco. The show focuses on the perils of climate change if things stay “business as usual–b.a.u.” He shows a… Read More ›
Editor’s Note: It is really wonderful to have one of my paintings help inspire an ekphrasitic poem by Dr. Deodhar, even though in actuality it was through time and space–since the poem was written years ago in India. So maybe… Read More ›
Uninhabitable Earth? by ROBERT HUNZIKER (Note: this review was first posted on Counterpunch, July 14, 2017) ———— David Wallace-Wells’ article “The Uninhabitable Earth,” New York Magazine, July 9, 2017 has created a furor of criticism, people bouncing off walls from… Read More ›
Riding Into Charles Street Station by Marianne Szlyk, copyright 2017 The river wasn’t yet someone else’s necklace. I glimpsed it on my way to work, looking up from a book my boss had given me about someone else’s city,… Read More ›
Emoções by Maria Luísa Ramos (original Portuguese version) Portão do mundo secreto nos jardins da loucura, canteiros de carinho bordejados de afectos cactos como flores verde macio bafejadas de vermelho, dentre os aloés, agressivas imperiosas, florescem insolências As vertigens de… Read More ›
JUNE 19, 2017 “The Syrian Nightmare: No End in Sight” by MIKE WHITNEY (reprinted from Counterpunch) Email “Washington’s strategic objectives in Iraq and Syria are not those of “fighting terrorism,” but rather consolidating US hegemony over the oil-rich Middle East… Read More ›
