Even when Death inhabits a poem, he does not own it. He is a squatter. In fact, Death owns nothing. – Todd Moore
Here’s your invite for the 8th issue of the Lummox Poetry Anthology and the Angela Consolo Mankiewicz Poetry Contest. But LISTEN UP there have been some changes … Reading cycle begins APRIL 1ST but it ENDS on APRIL 30, that’s right, you get ONE MONTH to Continue reading Lummox Poetry Anthology & the Angela Consolo Mankiewicz Poetry Contest
The Black Dog For Kassema It is said that it means many things, this hungry, wild black dog does. It’s said that he is the black dog of fear bristling, rabid, cruel this canine yet you ride him you make Continue reading The Black Dog by Rayfield A. Waller
This book is available by clicking here… or just hit the cover or the back! Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books / Michael Pingarron was active on the NJ poetry scene from the 1980s until his death in 2006. “Michael was the epitome Continue reading The Surrealist Explains His Smile by Michael Pingarron
Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books. Collected Poems & Stories of Matt Borkowski edited by Dave Roskos. This book is available by clicking here… or just hit the cover or the back! book collects most of what has survived of Matt Borkowski’s poetry. Continue reading Old Blood For New Sacraments by Matt Borkowski
If I were living … in Prague or Paris I would be an outsider without doubt … with nothing meaningful to say … my twenty-five maybe fifty words of Czech would be just enough to order beer or some sort Continue reading If I were living by D. A. Pratt
Position B The man in the comic book shop breeds luckless monsters into kings. If scene by scene wasn’t enough the skin is shaved to perfection. He has his clarity but he’s not concise. Customers drool with ecstasy. I can Continue reading Position B & Three other new poems by Parker G. Jamieson
Characteristics and examples of a Trump Haiku a three-line format with 11 syllables arranged in a 9-1-1 pattern erratic punctuation and capitalization with words misspelled a focus on some aspect of self-importance, ignorance, or television the word “trump”appears in the Continue reading Characteristics and examples of a Trump Haiku by Paul Fericano
TRUMP WANTS THE WORLD TO BE OBSESSED WITH TRUMP And why not? Trump’s lies, wafting through the air like yesterday’s baccalà, have become a major contributor to climate change. The Trump name alone, already synonymous with Cheese Whiz, has appeared Continue reading Things That Go Trump in the Night / Poems of Treason and Resistance by Paul Fericano
Oedipus, Rex 1. I’m king wherever I am—king even of this broad-chested sea. I hear my mother behind me take each proud breath, As I retreat from creeping tides. Not a hope remains. She Whispers my triumphs. Yes, nothing left Continue reading Oedipus, Rex by Rayfield A. Waller
Commentary Ignorance heaves into the morning a breakwater where once placid waves pile up frothing with palaver and corrupted fish I’ve been wondering how to rip free reaching conclusions at the bottom of the wash letting them go to float Continue reading Commentary & Two other new poems by Linda Stevenson