Poetry
Poem – Young Priest, Old Priest (By Donal Mahoney)
Young Priest, Old Priest Everyone in the neighborhood was surprised when Bill McIntyre entered the seminary to study for the priesthood. He had been dating girls since early in high school and had been engaged since graduating from college ...
Poem – The Face of Death (By Mary Bone)
The Face of Death The doctor has seen the face of death on many occasions. He has seen scars and lacerations. His duty, his call the doctor has seen it all ...
Poem – I Feel You (By Robert Beveridge)
I Feel You inside me curled ready to spring you feign sleep rest at the base of my skull await stray lustful thoughts of you, devour them, reach down constrict my lungs with your presence ...
Poem – TECH SUPPORT (By Frank De Canio)
Tech Support - By Frank De Canio She might as well have borne them on her back, when she tapped into my computer files with all of the autonomy I’d lack - while subject to the technologic wiles she flashed ...
Poem – Remembering His Third Wife (By Donal Mahoney)
Remembering His Third Wife Never speak ill of the dead, his father always said, and his father was a pastor who preached from the pulpit. That's why whenever he thinks of his third wife, and he does almost daily, ...
Poem – COSMIC COINCIDENCES? (By Ray Gallucci)
COSMIC COINCIDENCES? TUNGUSKA (Tunguska Event: “The Tunguska event was an enormously powerful explosion that occurred near [and later struck] the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, at about 7:14 am. KRAT [00:14 UT] on June ...
Poem – MEET THE MADNESS (By John Grey)
■ MEET THE MADNESS A Providence twilight, late November, every man and woman dressed in gray, sliding in and out of panels or emerging from dark recesses, all faces plain, hair drab, eyes shut, tongues muted, and there, high up ...
Poem – After the Snowstorm (By Danny P. Barbare)
After the Snowstorm On a sunny day I see Nandina berries plump and red that were once covered with snow. ...
Poem – It’s Snowing in Manila (By Karlo Sevilla)
It's Snowing in Manila "The snow is always falling in 'Fargo,' cloaking the world in metaphysical confusion." - Jessica Zafra The militant chided the child for singing "White Christmas" when the longest Christmas season isn't white, in the absence of snow in these parts ...
Poem – IN THE LONG RUN (By Joseph Cavera)
IN THE LONG RUN (By Joseph Cavera) Run to get the endorphins flowing Run away from the catastrophes you’ve created Run over all the bases in the game Run off on a tangent Run out of ideas, think once more ...
