Kything

by | Feb 4, 2023

Katherine Simmons   Elusive Wood Thrush scarcely seen, you and I weave this woodland path in secret. Your flute notes rise, beguile me as I dream. A quick flit – my eyes flash, I glimpse your wings – you pull me through these vine-draped woods where like you I...

Of Hope and Doom

by | Feb 4, 2023

Thomas Dunne The doctors say it’s time to go; The tumor’s spread confirms it so. Prepare yourself but pack no things, what lies beyond you soon will know. O! Astral spirit gird your wings, though to this earth my body clings, no matter how I love this...

Gnossiennes

by | Feb 4, 2023

Johnny Payne   I don’t know Satie; never went to Paris, speak French when all other words have vanished. Piano murmurs soothe us while they scare us. The notes cascading slow can make my skull bust but gently, as when eggshells slip off cooked flesh. I don’t know...

Namesakes of Tragedy

by | Feb 4, 2023

Kelli Lage   Shakespeare, why have you cursed our namesakes? Lovers propped on stage. Earmarked to perform unbecoming at the stake. until audiences learn to bleed— palms engaged. My body, a mayhemed witness of his fictitious death. Masses ransack terror from our...