Jul 23, 2014 | Bible Story, Gus Stevens, Quatrains, The Unspeakable Name vol. 1
There was hardly time for her to close the door; but a moment in the darkness passed before she cast her veil upon the floor and welcomed him to end his long-held fast. Then on her breasts she felt his wine-drunk lips whisper, “Rachel, Rachel my little...
Jul 22, 2014 | Michael Taron, Unrhymed Other
Waiting for conviction and that dull thud of expected guilt Afraid of the sharp clamp of conscience, but more afraid it will not come The fuzzy hum of delayed repentance and the dirt Still clinging to the back of my eyeballs Hurt, but oh how easy it would be to just...
Jul 4, 2014 | Italian Sonnet, Sonnet, The Work of Greater Minds
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows...
Jun 15, 2014 | Gus Stevens, Italian Sonnet, Seasons, Sonnet, Spring
Walking one spring morning I weighed the cherry blossoms all brimming with new, full with such impossible hues that every petal, every blade, was like a schoolgirl at her promenade adorned for but an hour or two in reds or purples, pinks and blues before it’s...
Jun 10, 2014 | Amy (Doran) Keeney, Dream, Unrhymed Other
We sat, pasting crows from construction paper waiting for them to come to life. They did come to life, shuddering with breath, flapping cautiously, realizing. Jesus could be a camera watching over us when we’re sick with letters sick with names, lying on a...
