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Sea of Dreams
by RC deWinter i live for night impatient for its swallowing the unlovely glare of day that endless maze of corners round which nothing waits but contours of routine the shuttering of eyes (my escape clause from the pitiless directives of the day) and then the slide into the sea of dreams where guiltless blameless…
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quit notice
by Salam Wosu because my body is a house situated beside the beautiful sea overlooking the horizon/ high above clouds I cannot afford it. Today I sold a piece/ of my soul for another moment/ to watch the sun set dive/ into the wetness of the sea. Tomorrow I…
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The Flood
by Fabrice B. Poussin Counting the drops, it is not always clear that a flood may be coming by way of the river. Walking on the tow path, mooing at the bovines, singing the melody familiar to the wild coyotes; no light seems to hold power over the new darkness; clouds thick as a dirty…
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Two Poems
by Heidi Slettedahl LonelinessLonelinessa white sheetdrawn over me at night,my naked body unaccustomed to the weight. River’s EdgeI’ve never swum in a riverfor fear of tidesand my dead uncle. My father made us learn to swim in poolseven as he stood on the edge, himself unable. Vacations, my mother left with her sister, shopping, whilemy…
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Emily
By Howie Good Sailors just grabbed what they could — a Mickey Mouse teddy bear my sister had since she was little — before the ship broke apart in nightmarish purple seas, the wind wailing as if the wails might actually be expressing something, anguish or fear or fratricidal rage, while back on shore, graves vomited up the dead,…
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Two Poems
by Rita Mookerjee NemesisPeople admire a sense of industry / a spirited sort of communism / how the labyrinth tenants toil away over early blooms / tufted legs weighted with sun dust / convening in their planet in service of the one true queen / everyone admires their golden down / but wasps are paper…