Blue Crab
By John C. Mannone
Callinectes sapidus
Chesapeake Bay green slips off its back
leaving water color on its carapace
Sun’s yellow, muted by the depths,
splays the underbelly’s reflective coat
Blue Crab
By John C. Mannone
Callinectes sapidus
Chesapeake Bay green slips off its back
leaving water color on its carapace
Sun’s yellow, muted by the depths,
splays the underbelly’s reflective coat
Sky paints blue on claws, … Continue reading→
By Matthew Mars
She was on my mind a lot this morning. She often is. I’m still mad at her for leaving us all like that. I’m so glad, though, I got to participate, now and then, in her art. … Continue reading→
Official Causes of Death in a Chinese Prison
by Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
A exhausted himself arranging sunflowers.
B drank too much hot water.
C suffered a heart attack passing a toilet roll to his comrade.
D … Continue reading→
The Editors Write: With her fearless internal excavations and snap-rattle metaphors, Megan Thoma is easily among the most interesting of the current generation of poets coming into their own by way of slam. Note the phraseology: Is that in some … Continue reading→
By Carlye Archibeque
VIEWS FROM VIEW PARK 3: Crenshaw n’ Slauson
Even the most renownned poetry is subject to the opinions of others. How much more so a small chapbook collect of poems by students of a lower income charter … Continue reading→