THE FEARFUL GIRL IS THE STRANGEST DANCER. The moonlit dance was never danced again . The stonemason fled the scene . In the stump of an old tree ,where hearts have rotted out . Adam and Eve for a new generation ,scenarios the same ,just the faces that change. Old leaves turn into lace skeletons. Continue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Paul Warren”
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VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Walter Shulits
I NEVER META-POEM Someone please help me…I was in LA having my left testicle cryogenically frozen while walking on hot coals singing “Battle Hymn of the Republic” on the second Thursday after a full moon, the latest lactose-free remedy for erectile dysfunction— when, I don’t know, it happened so fast… I was pounced upon,Continue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Walter Shulits”
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: 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
SMALL GESTURES FROM BIG HANDS
Yeah, yeah I could’ve conjured a better title for a press release but April has been unusually cruel this year with the debacle that was PoetFest and the juggernaut of a struggle with a spreadsheet poetry manuscript…’nuff said. Our third release for National Poetry Month which is not spread sheet poetry… Now when one ofContinue reading “SMALL GESTURES FROM BIG HANDS”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Laszlo Aranyi
Circle (translated by Gabor Gyukics) The furry duck’s crawling on his plate is withered-blue, satiated, and later had intercourse with his own daughter. A villain with a sublime face hangs on the doorknob, Jesus is taken away by a hoofed cop. On a leash, in handcuffs. Sticky cumContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Laszlo Aranyi”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Cord Moreski
True Believer for Alicia Purpura It’s quite an honor catching you in the act ducking out of another crowded party in the wee hours of the morning road soda in one hand handlebar in the other riding gracefully down the sidewalk singing, “East Coast! Fuck You!”
Reece Beckett
Feeling Followed. I see a standing silhouette In the corner of my room. I see the bubbling potion That sits inside my spoon. I’ve been feeling followed Since before I left the womb. I’ll still be feeling followed When I’m buried in my tomb. Cross Your Heart I live inside a waste-pipe In a wasteland,Continue reading “Reece Beckett”
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