"Destinations"
- Jude Roy
"In
the Memphis Greyhound Terminal at 6:00 a.m.,
bodies litter the worn
tile floor like victims on a battlefield-- "
Two
Poems - Jason Nelson
"protein
was less knowing a certain value
valueless burned beyond the outside "
Two
Poems - Sharon Moskowitz
"(who
says we have to
wake before we drown?)"
Four
Poems - Jerry Jenkins
"I
wait,
reflecting in the half-hour left to me.
The sun sets in
the old man's somber gaze. "
"In
the Light" - Brad Bostian
"And
one tender voice, old lady fingers
Clutching with promises, what
bones appear
Grinning beyond the darkness now,"
"Sock
Quilt" - Karen Craigo
"We
are all trying
to make something
out of nothing. "
Two
Poems - C. O. Smith
"First
assemble the children, oldest
to youngest for torture"
"Midwife"
- James Hilden-Minton
"I
do not wish to die
midway,"
"My
Fingers Dig" - James Brian Livingstone
"With
sanguine gaze,
we regard
this callow farm."
"Deconstruction"
- Michael Williams
"Stir
and mix 2.5 children
well and serve over beignets. "
Three
Poems - C. K. Tower
"when
I had the stage to myself, I practiced various faces
I'd need when we
rehearsed the scene again. "
"Sweet
Summer Sweat" - Patty Mooney
"Position
and timing
all you’ve got"
Two
Poems - Jennifer Oliver
"I
see his feet, then his ankles, slowly disappear into the sand
like a
candle being burned at the wrong end. "