Down with Democracy! Are not fools and stupid beings a majority in the world, and ought they not to have their representative? — Honoré de Balzac, Le Député d’Arcis. There’s been some muttering I’ve heard about a goverance preferred; it …
Author Feature: Select Poems by Lache S.
Haikus of Finding Lostlost in a forestfor the last 5 hoursmeditations with treeswomen exhale smoke in Spainstep over glass on Irish streetsWhere do I fly next?reading Lorde alonein the black night silencelaundry spins in the machine188 days backpacking2 more remainlover …
Boulder-Based Poet Michele Battiste Shares Her Faves
Michele Battiste is the author of Waiting for the Wreck to Burn (Trio House, 2019), Uprising ( Black Lawrence, 2014), and Ink for an Odd Cartography ( Black Lawrence, 2009). She is also the author of several chapbooks, including Left: Letters to Strangers (Grey Book, 2014). Her …
The Cycle of Winter by Keri Kapfer
Poem Version: All seasonsAll colorsAll sights for eyes to seeAll soundsAnd all smells tooAll for a heart to melt overAll to see your faceOh SummerMy cousin has come to me fallingNow I wish it wasn’t meWasn’t my turnYou know me …
A Selection of Poems by Katie Green
ONE She was the center of the universe But only for an instant And then She died away. As she lay there sleeping, The stars zoomed past And she was no more, But one With all that is. UNGROUNDED Let us swimLet …
The Brunt of the Wallydraigle by Savannah Gelles
Skinny Frail, eager for satisfying hunger but lost without past companyStarved of the warmth of their mother’s arms, or the kisses of their friend’s puppyBurned out by the ashes of their brain’s tantrums, they curl into a ball of peak …