VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Robert Ragan

Star-Crossed I never thought I’d be in my 30’s, throwing rocks at a woman’s second-story bedroom window. First night out the pen in two years, and they were going to lock me back up for vandalism. It sucks when your girlfriend gets kicked out of her apartment and has to move back in with herContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Robert Ragan”

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: S.A. Gerber

Another Realm The roses erupt   and the clouds  burn above  and below.  Seeking refuge  from an ominous  gray mist attempting  to strangle thought.  Two hours in the  tavern cannot  diffuse the terror.  Too many blood-  red eyes reflecting  all sad truths.  Some clarity claws  through the cobwebs  saying that someone  spoke of a ‘center’  toContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: S.A. Gerber”

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Shane Allison

All You Can Eat Eat Eat more Kielbasa smoked sausages More chicken ‘n                   Bisquits Drown the fries with melted cheese, spread on Extra mayo Carry it globed at the corners of                                               Mouth Forget the napkins Fish Almandine covered in                                 lemon juice Homemade, hand-pattied hamburgers Squeeze out the grease with spatula Cuts ofContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Shane Allison”

VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Ryan Quinn Flanagan

Windows, Horses Broken Vandal remnants, an old sweeper of glass in an ill-fitting smock, almost embarrassed to look up as if he has faltered in some unnameable way – windows, horses broken, three different colours of graffiti which may suggest the number of guilty parties, morning foot traffic walking by on the wide, careful notContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Ryan Quinn Flanagan”