Even when Death inhabits a poem, he does not own it. He is a squatter. In fact, Death owns nothing. – Todd Moore
Fighting Woman Copyright (C) 1986, Belinda Subraman Some of these poems have appeared or will appear in the following publications: PROOF ROCK, BOGG and RIO GRANDE REVIEW. Many thanks to the editors. PLANET DETROIT CHAPBOOKS are free to subscribers. This Continue reading Fighting Woman by Belinda Subraman
MAKING ROOM I sat with glass of gin in hand holding the cold crystal to my burning face legs strewn aver an armchair gazing out the door at the dripping red dusk Out of the pavement came Death. He walked Continue reading Making Room by Tammy Anderson
Collages/Poems taken from Planet Detroit, Spring 1985, edited by Kurt Nimmo.
THERE WAS THIS RAT-HAVEN I LIVED IN, CALLED A cold-water flat. No closet of any kind not a shelf but in the kitchen. You took Your own roll of ass-wipe to the hall-way john—which had a lock on the door Continue reading There was this rat-heaven I lived in, called by Judson Crews
The Problem with America The problem with America is: they took “This Is Your Life” off the air, or put it on dinky stations at two in the morning – and now there’s no reason to lead the important lives Continue reading The Problem with America by J.B. Mulligan
KIDS had already slashed the tires on a blue chevy nova & were beginning to scratch their initials in the car door w/nails when the kid wearing a black leather jacket decorated w/chains saw me passing & stood up to Continue reading Kids by Todd Moore
CAUGHT a lift from cap wheeler in his flatbed ford at tucker’s corners & when I slid across the worn army blanket covering the split seat i pulled a pint of calvert out of my coat & shoved it into Continue reading Caught by Todd Moore
road/house began as a quarterly but after a year I realized that wasn’t exactly realistic. Then it came out a couple of times a year. I started publishing Road/house in 1975 and it was a magazine for about eight issues. Continue reading road/house | chapbook verite editions