By Maggie Elliott We had a change of Government who vowed to do their best To help the working people feel well and truly blessed But...

By NK.A.Hwaet Doffing the chagrining vestments, his hat falls on the gentlewoman. Undisciplined eyes sheathe me— a fury, armed with...

By Danny Neff As I lay here on the counter 

hoping you find me tonight 

my edge is sharp and longing 

for your touch. 


   The taste...

By Stephen Chappell Friends think it must be fun: transgressive, exciting, my consulting room full of unleashed erotics.   In fact it’s...

By Jeff H Martin I saw her before her wedding day. She said, ‘I pray you forget me and go far away.’ I didn't listen, in the county I...

By Sam Vallius I want to strip my feelings away in the act of dance.   I want to strip every inch of my clothes off, To dance in front of...

By D P Robinson Where Junks ride idle on the swell of a shimmering Siam Sea, while rock n’ roll anthems broadcast through my dark, and...

By Ping Yi Yee The sky outside the plane today has a ceiling, like in Vegas – the Bellagio,  no, Caesar’s Palace. Michelangelo’s done a...

By Kate Naylor A fleeing double take: ‘Have I met you before?’ Energies aligned- a soul recognition, neither of us could ignore. Like...

By Kyreonna April Davis Hear the violence in every score! Hear the violins’ screeches soar! Every night, my ears bleed sore! Who’s there...

By Alaina Hammond For years, I lay in dormant wait Then gradually emerged to harm Your kidneys and your gut. In metaphor, your heart was...

By Darren Lynch Bestowed by god And the grains of a cosmic kingdom flow into life , Each passenger is a rose , Becoming in the drift of...

By Paul Siekor I was only following orders When I told the man with early onset dementia His benefits would be cancelled I sanctioned him...

By Rosie Arcane A battered uniform, held together with bravery and reverence, encases the broad torso of a courageous but weary soldier....

By Jennifer Pratt-Walter Over the fields, shielded by stern firs the Harp of Night awakens. Autumn darkness fingers the cold strings and...

By Liza Fables “In silent waves, you will succumb To heavy breaths and beating drums. Stir me betwixt your thoughts; concur . Allow my...

By Mark Henderson This is better than Heaven.   No chatter from incomprehensible multitudes, each trying to reach the other across eons...

By Gillian Lenore Never let anyone tell you how to make it out alive Those who try to know nothing at all, because the secret is: none of...

By Virtual Scribe Have you seen the shimmering signs? The lines of prophecy written in riddles In glistening entrails spilt in the...

By Caroline Walling If there had been a warning. If someone had made it clear. Wrote it on the wall. Spoke the words aloud. Gave...