TRUMP AS A FIRE WITHOUT LIGHT #427
By Darren C. Demaree
There’s always been a casual appreciation for the American criminal that gets away with it. This feels different than that. I don’t see a charming movie star … Continue reading→
By Holly Gleason
Troy Gentry’s heart was like how he lived: wide open, full-tilt, up for anything. He loved just about everybody, worked hard to make people happy and never met an adventure, honky tonk, all night party or hardcore … Continue reading→
Rhyme Squared form
The rhyme-squared form is two eleven-line stanzas. The first stanza is a normal bit of poetry, the second attempts to slant rhyme the stanza essentially. It’s difficult to explain but maybe easily appreciated in practice. The form … Continue reading→
Don’t Drop The Taco
By Juan Manuel Pérez
Whatever you do, don’t drop the taco
Because the Mexicans are watching you
And they don’t take too kindly to your blind
Disrespect for their food or … Continue reading→
Chernobyl Days
By Claudia Serea
We heard about it
on Radio Free Europe.
Weeks later,
they distributed at school
to each of us, two small white pills
of potassium iodine per day
and wrapped the … Continue reading→