Pat Ranzoni 1 Feb 2012 | 06:21 am

ANSWERING WHAT’S HE DOING TO HER, THE RAM vignette: scene to fit on a vine leaf Fall in the pasture air his flaring nostrils her standin...

Emma Seyes 6 Dec 2011 | 10:33 am

Validation Oh wait, I’ve got it this time it’s the way the moonlight balances on the edge of the wake Yea, let’s see, what else… of course Vega shining like a diamond before the sun is gone, tha...

Gemineye 21 Feb 2011 | 02:38 am

Donal Mahoney 16 Feb 2011 | 02:25 am

Father: Every Morning of His Life The cup he took his tea from all those years was Army surplus, made of tin. It whirred to the spoon he wound in it 15 times per lump of sugar. We who slept in r...

OneL 14 Feb 2011 | 02:34 am

Len Kuntz 14 Jan 2011 | 10:27 am

Summer on the Dock The sun has given you a constellation. I see Orion and Jupiter hula hooping and then a billion other stars like orange breadcrmbs dribbled across your chest. Birds feed on you. The ...

Tom Lyford 14 Jan 2011 | 02:25 am

EASTER PARADE Every sunrise but the Sabbath the faithful stationed along the route anticipate my arrival like a prophecy— the coming of The Promised One… and house by house, by ones and twos, the pr...

Donal Mahoney 8 Jan 2011 | 05:34 am

Brisk Man from Jaipur Two men tall, one from here and one from there, in raincoats at a bus stop, pace and stare. One of them is soaked in tea, brisk man from Jaipur who semaphores an anthr...

Michael Estabrook 7 Jan 2011 | 05:31 am

4 AM We’re both up in bed. I’m telling her, “We have nothing in common, you know: completely different lines of work, live on opposite coasts of the country, don’t have any sports in common, ...

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal 24 Dec 2010 | 02:31 pm

IF DEATH COMES KNOCKING If death comes knocking, leave a window open. Spit orange seeds into its eyes. A blind death cannot take you. The reaper will harvest those who do not fight back. If dea...