Mini Bike You had this mini bike with an engine the size of a lawnmower It sounded like a chain saw buzzing up and down the street The one time I rode it the fucking thing shot out from under me when I hit the accelerator and smashed into a tree Your dad drained allContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Dan Holt”
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VOICES FROM THE FIRE: George Schaefer
WHEN THE WRONG GIRL GETS PISSED OFF BY A POEM I was talking to this young lady I know and she was really pissed off about a poem I wrote about getting laid in the back seat of an old ’73 Buick LeSabre I didn’t see why this one poem in particular was so upsettingContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: George Schaefer”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: J.C. Hawkes
R E D C U R T A I N I have replaced my face with a red curtain because, I am hooked in and willingly I disappear into arms of cockroaches, a stockpile of dream and manifest of circulation. I found you at the closing of market street and we saw each other Continue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: J.C. Hawkes”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Dillinger
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Robert Ragan
Their Mother Should Have Swallowed The moment Natalie started talking about the thoughts, Marshall should have left and never looked back. The night they met, he missed all the red flags and flashing warning signs. As they sat in a small bar and talked for the first time, Marshall was lost in the way herContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Robert Ragan”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Rick Christiansen
POSTCARDS We sit across from one another at the old linoleum table. It rocks slightly each time one of us rests a hand or forearm onto it. She places postcards on the table between us as I absently pick at the worn linoleum, creating small flakes which I then brush to the floor. She arraysContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Rick Christiansen”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Christian Garduno
Chili in Heaven God was busy doing a myriad of things,as God normally is,but on this particular day,God was making his trademark “white boy chili”and was especially distracted-& you know what?He sneezed from the powder, for one split second,and he actually created the same snowflake twiceHe looked at it-looked at it again and saidI knowContinue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Christian Garduno”
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Efe Tusder
VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Stephen Whitter
Quick ShopI enter a shop, I haven’t visited beforeSlightly hesitant, as not being a new store,they may have seen my face before.And yet,This is the first time I’ve come through the door.I wonder, do they give that thought?It’s a small town after all. Nothing in particular I’m shopping for.Well this is billed as a friendly,Continue reading “VOICES FROM THE FIRE: Stephen Whitter”
