He hated being early. It wasn’t that he was impatient, he just wasn’t very good at operating alone in public. At least, not in places like this. His face didn’t mesh well with the joy and satisfaction the rest of …
Bloom by Katie Harrigan
She grew up in the tall buildingat the end of the street,her lungs filled with paper and lantern lightand oil paint and stars,surrounded by the perfectmessiness of livingin a family.She hung wildfrom the ladder that skimmedalong crammed shelves,collectingdusty-sweet bookswrapped in …
A Rose or a Thorn? by Sequoia Pauls
I could give you a Rose, or I can give you a thornSomething sweet or something hardA word, beautiful and terribleA word, to be healed or to be torn.It’s up to you, a secret I’m about to revealLove, a hard …
A Lovely Day by Joshua Lee
I was woken up abruptly, “It’s time!” As we rushed out the door, I noticed how warm it was; the last few days had been cold and windy. It even snowed, which wasn’t typical for Virginia Beach; however, not this …
That’s What Friends Are For by Timothy Kinkade
Wriggling wryly, I wistfully frettedThe chamberlain shook and listfully tookDryly my gin and at once he wettedHis throat. Sinfully fat, sat by the brook Cool water flowed and sullenly frolickedUntil wearily wept he spoke his woesOf termites in pours, unearthly polypsAnd …
No. 7 & 8 by Kinsey Wedsworth
#7 Recovery is a Process When my heart is heavy inside my chest, I don’t know how to make the weight easier to bear. A rock hangs from my throat and pulls my head in a low bow. After I’ve …
Beauti-licious by Elizabeth An Bello
Wellspring colors blue and pink Effortless beauty ours, I think.Wispy fluff and gold rimmed gemsMakes songwriters burst with hymns.May I ask you, where’s your home?Since round and round our globe you roam.Sleep at night, no, never ever! Constant morphing played by ether.On …
An Interview with Rye Curtis
Credit: This article was originally published in US Represented — writer, Eric Stephenson Rye Curtis will read from his novel Kingdomtide at the Pikes Peak Community College Downtown Studio Art Gallery on Wednesday, February 19th, at 7:00 p.m. Kingdomtide was named one of the best books …
Rye Curtis at PPCC
] Kingdomtide, by Rye Curtis (image credit: Little, Brown) Hear Rye Curtis read from his novel Kingdomtide at the Downtown Studio Campus on Wednesday, February 19 at 7:00 pm. Sponsored by the Pikes Peak Community College English Department. For more information, …
A Suspicion of Birds by Jade Crutchley
Dedicated to Mom/Alison Crutchley & Nana/Maryanne Schaefer How does the Cardinal stain his plume that brilliant shade of red? Perhapshe borrowed the rose’s bloom from carmine petals shed. Who gifts the Finch those brilliant flecks of effervescent gold? Whodoes the Jay …