By William Palmer tide in— imagine waves scraping away that name and the lies upon lies that feed off it, dissolving them in foam imagine the mugshot gone the blue suits gone the long red ties around our country’s neck gone William Palmer’s poetry has appeared recently in JAMA, J Journal, One Art, On [...]
By M. J. Lewis This is the best poem you have ever read. Everybody is saying it. Everyone. Other poems have tried to be as wonderful, tried to be honored with the best aesthetics, struggled to be as tremendous as this and to get away with things like that—believe me— but they don’t know how. [...]
By Mark Williams after Walt Whitman O Captain! Some Captain! Our fearful trip’s not done, The ship is foundering, front to back, the prize we sought’s not won. The port is far, the chants I hear, the people all protesting, While follow eyes the unsteady keel, the vessel grim and shaking; But O heartless, heartless heart! O [...]
By Gary Laitman Listen, as your friend I feel it is time for us to openly discuss something that’s been bothering me for a while, but it’s a somewhat delicate matter. Please understand I am only bringing this up because I feel that you have been taken advantage of and I do not want you [...]
