Archive for May, 2010:
Shower
A poem by G. R. Stanek.
The Snail
A poem by Sara Masterson.
Intrusion
I sat in Behanas’ house, staring at the walls. For Bangladesh, this house was beautiful; for anywhere else, it would be considered a slum. The ceiling was stained shades of [...]
Remnants
A poem by Sara Masterson.
Tsarina’s Asylum
A poem by J. E. A. Wallace.
Oracle
The old red and white pole was still turning. She liked the shops that still had a pole. She let her bag drop on the sidewalk next to the door, [...]
Clouds
My mother died because of the clouds.
She loved to stare into the sky and contemplate. Or so she said. It was the shapes and shades that [...]
Berserk!
A poem by Melissa Barton.
Yuletide Cheer
A poem by Kristen Whipple.
My Salieri Complex
An Untold Story of Griffin and Kemp
(dedicated to H.G. Wells)
(University College, London, 1884)
“Awake, Samuel! Boarding with a genius will not transform you into one.”
That was the voice of reason, [...]
What Language Did
A poem by Tara G. Walker.
Born of the Stars
“Hurry,” the old man said to the boy, Mosi, who held his arm as the two struggled up the steep incline of the mountain.
The boy looked over his shoulder and [...]
Sitting for a Very Long Time
“I told you already— I don’t have calling card. Go to tabac!” the Algerian storekeeper impatiently shouted at me in broken English. He fumbled with his keys as he closed his [...]
The Jazz Clinic
To Jeff, the short, syncopated rhythms of the keyboard sounded like teeth. He pictured the chattering dentures of cold, gum-less skeletons and realized that, once again, he was thinking about [...]