Amazing People I saw this gentleman on a TV documentary It was not a PBS documentary He was a porno actor in his 60’s the oldest in the business it said And he could pull off the inevitable plot on command You have it or not I suppose I need time and reason these daysContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Bruce McDermott”
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VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Alan Catlin
Fire Breathing Moron Maybe he was part of some subtle mind control experiment gone wrong or a longitudinal study on the perverse effects of a lifetime of stimuli provided by nothing but what cable television provides. His signature act could be traced to that scene in “True Romance” where Patricia Arquette is trapped in aContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Alan Catlin”
Hateful Eight
Alright, it’s not exactly a spite filled issue…please ignore my pathetic attempt at being clever with a simple ryhme and reference to a certain film by a certain director… VOICES FROM THE FIRE vol. 8 Culled from the official Dumpster Fire Press blog…VOICES FROM THE FIRE!Dumpster Fire Press continues featuring poets, writers and visual artistContinue reading “Hateful Eight”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Gary Maxwell
A Meditation for Monday Morning Proud, lifelong members of a mediocracy – they plan to die here. A quiet harbor. All that fills the air’s the scent of dead fish, stinking. Managed by seagulls screeching high above our heads, the daily droppings are their directives. In the belly of THIS beast I envy Jonah. AmericanContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Gary Maxwell”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Dan Provost
Notes During a Drive When you become defiant at being the underdog in all life’s dealings, The limitations are thrown to the curb when attempting to become a man… Defeat, desire, decisions– Some you chose, some just a death lock caution. No more calls for self-pity. You do not go through the motions these days,Continue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Dan Provost”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Kappa Waugh
Benedictus Benedictine in a tiny bottle, tongue in, tongue out, mooning, dreaming, face of the boy who’d borrowed a dollar last week, but won’t speak to her now. She slips her fingers past her waistband, a new face, the man who fingered her five years ago during that movie The Nun’s Story. Audrey Hepburn’s faceContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Kappa Waugh”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Emalisa Rose
The pipedream of permanence These rocks wear our names in a pipedream of permanence. Yet somewhere we’ve buried our cabernet moon, our clinking of glasses, rhyme over reason. The sun steals our shadow. I sent you two poems, penned in the frenzy of midnight and madness; our signatures linked in the marquise’s italics. Turnaround/turnaround. TheContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Emalisa Rose”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: James Maj
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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”
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