James Hampton, The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly...
Tossing away sandwiches,
chewing gum, cigarettes,
he made his heaven from wrappers,
commerce’s carapace. Who would discard
the meat of the thing: shake out
the book and bow to
the empty jacket, feed...
Epilogue by Neelam Patel
I hate you with the sharpness of the edges of a Viking's teeth
I hate you from every part of my body - from my ankles, my knees...
Writer’s Block by Kelly Jacobson
Yoga tape today
played fast-forward, then upward-
downward-- pen in child’s pose.
Weeds through cobblestones
pulled and piled, blown apart--
roots stay in the ground.
Dishes in the sink
are now scrubbed clean and...
True Story Metaphors by Diana Smith Bolton
True Story Metaphor for My Parents' Divorce
In this shrinking house, I am still growing,
my wrist gripped between window and sill,
one toe pinched in neat joists.
Our mother’s footsteps...
Two Poems by Megan Alpert
Island
She would cry every time we put her in the carriage. That was all right, and the way I had to lean sideways to make her sleep....