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Abortion: A Morality Story, an Essay by Kimberly L. Robinson
This is for the Church. I do not, as a rule, object to anyone of any persuasion reading my humble prose. So, Taoists, those who follow...
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Jun 29, 20228 min read
Thirst, Flash Fiction by Niles Reddick
The homeless man stood on the corner just up from the Santa Monica Pier by the triple water fountain that rested atop a column decorated...
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Jun 10, 20223 min read
Reprogramming, a Poem by Mary Harwell Sayler
We talk to people on TV – complaining about products and fake news. We tell the weatherman, “You’re wrong again!” and criticize his coat,...
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May 27, 20221 min read
I Hear the Water, a Poem by Ann Christine Tabaka
I hear the water. It calls to me from lakes, streams, and rivers. My mother was the ocean. She carried me on her shoulders above raging...
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May 13, 20221 min read
Poem for Greta Thunberg, by E. Martin Pedersen
When you said the house is on fire I looked around, I'm good, what should I do, grab my cat and run? When you said you have stolen my...
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Apr 29, 20221 min read
The Unbearable Age, a Poem by Njukang Princeley
She sits upon a rock, weeping And watching the sky as it folds Into buckets of toxic smoke Rising from the endless burning Of forest and...
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Apr 15, 20221 min read
You Never Arrived, a Poem by Des Mannay
Avoid the trap Of vengeance Of turning on us When Terrorists massacre kids We ran away from men who plant bombs, Wield guns - demand...
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Apr 1, 20221 min read
Drones, a Poem by Ed Meek
You can barely hear the dial-tone that hums through the wires of your brain. It is the call of drones, buzzing as they fly on their...
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Mar 18, 20221 min read
The Untied States of America, a Poem by E. Martin Pedersen
Untied, tied, bound, gagged squirming and groaning forced to piss ourselves duct-taped and superglued shut. U.S., the U.S., the 'us', the...
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Mar 11, 20221 min read
Sleep, a Poem by Des Mannay
I should go to bed before it gets light, but there are things which bother me at night One of them is hunger - we are short of food,...
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Feb 18, 20221 min read
On The Train, a Poem by Ed Meek
Written by Ed Meek. Rubber straps shaped like nooses hang from steel rods in subway trains. Lucky for us, they’re too small for human...
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Feb 4, 20221 min read
When It Happens, a Poem by Lisa Reynolds
when it happens i no longer fight it i let it do what it needs to the cleverness i possessed is gone replaced by a what will be, will be...
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Jan 14, 20221 min read
Dear Stranger XIV, a Poem by Andrew Scott
Dear Stranger, how are you? Curious if you are witnessing what the rest of us are cause as an authority figure you, my friend, are just...
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Nov 26, 20211 min read
First They Came For: Modern Day, a Poem by Danielle Resh
I. At a Connecticut kindergarten, a man severs 26 futures. Tiny bodies lay lifeless beside the daisies, seeds uprooted. Good thing I...
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Nov 5, 20212 min read
Time to Take Measure, a Poem by Michael Shen
It is time to slow down, For reflection, For looking more deeply, And long. The facts, the data, What have they borne? Not knowledge, not...
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Oct 29, 20211 min read
Venetian Masks, a Poem by Russell Willis
Waters rise, drowning the square St. Mark’s afloat, a vessel in danger of floundering Its clock ringing out a call of distress Yet,...
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Oct 22, 20211 min read
Indictment for Sale, a Poem by Layla Maher
how many ways can you draw a woman / before she dulls / to linework and smudge / and the murky liquid / in the tub / grays / tipsy white...
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Oct 8, 20212 min read
The Sickness, a Poem by Paula Pivko
Third Place Winner of the "Vultures & Doves: Social Issues of Our Time" Poetry Competition. I was up the first school day. And my son...
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Oct 1, 20212 min read
Korean Survivors of the Japanese “Comfort Women” System, a Poem by Melanie Hyo-In Han
Second Place Winner of the "Vultures & Doves: Social Issues of Our Time" Poetry Competition. "Korean Survivors of the Japanese 'Comfort...
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Oct 1, 20212 min read
No Hymn Flowering in the Morning, a Poem by Praise Osawaru
First Place Winner of the "Vultures & Doves: Social Issues of Our Time" Poetry Competition. for a while now, each time I fall into the...
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Oct 1, 20212 min read
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