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VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Steven Dee Kish
Bad Friends I flip open my zippo lighter…flick …flick… The orange flame lights my Kent cigarette; the smell of tobacco fills the air. I grab a church key and open a bottle of beer. I’m drowning my sorrows with booze; it soothes my parched throat. Half buzzed; I take a stroll to MY community center.Continue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Steven Dee Kish”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Shane Allison
Revelations Reflections Resurrection
Our final release for National Poetry Month… From the author of IMMORTAL DREAMS and PSLAMS OF LAST DAYS featuring a cover and interior by DFP’s very own art director Dillinger. Milenko Županovic’s work can be a lot to take in with an unflinching view of the world derived from esoteric mystical texts of both an OldContinue reading “Revelations Reflections Resurrection”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: George Schaefer
WHO’S ON TOP? Flip a coin to determine who’s on top Endlessly we bicker it never stops Lazy man I am indeed You mount your faithful stead We both enjoy inhibitions we drop MY FINGERS MANIPULATE I carefully caress long golden thigh My fingers manipulate a deep sigh Ever so gently she moans Her pleasureContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: George Schaefer”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Paul Warren
Any Given Day
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Sex with Robots is Quality Control You never see THESE jobs advertised in the papers. Anyone who would apply and sit through that interview, they don’t want. Sex with robots is quality control. And if they settled on that most efficient method of assembly line work, things could get rather intimate outside the lunchroom. 422Continue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Ryan Quinn Flanagan”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Beau Blue
A Public Apology Well, it finally happened .. I went too far .. and now I have to apologize .. I should never have uttered the slur that all my Repuglican friends are so upset about .. and I am sorry .. please forgive me. When I uttered the slur: “Trump has the ethics ofContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Beau Blue”
NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE…JUST RECYCLED
That’s how it felt editing this ambitous poetry chapbook from the ever-evolving Edward Wells…our fourth release for NATIONAL POETRY MONTH… I’m not going to bullshit anyone, the manuscript was accepted before I was stern with guidelines and such… However, I liked this cat after meeting him virtually at one of Mad Swirl’s live open MIC’sContinue reading “NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE…JUST RECYCLED”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Laszlo Aranyi
Lady Babalon
Dumpster Fire Press 