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Three Poems [by Mitch Sisskind]
The Wandering Jew 1. In the Gremlin he drove Chicago to NYC And back again I-90 segueing into I-80 Outside Cleveland but neither Chicago Nor NYC could be called his destination Considering how…
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“Little Star, 2015” [by Mary Jo Salter]
But soon, I’m told, I’ll lose my epaulets altogetherand dwindle into a little star. —Joseph Brodsky, 1940-1996 Joseph, how is your sense of ironyholding up in Heaven?Did you know, by chance, that the…
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Ace Boggess Interviews the Author of “Playlist”
Interview with David Lehman by Ace Boggess Q: You’ve been working on a new volume of daily poems like those collected in both The Daily Mirror and The Evening Sun. An interesting year…
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Edna St. Vincent, M. F. A. [by Mary Jo Salter]
Chic and petite, blind to her destinyof being hailed upon her death the worstsometimes-excellent poet in history,she ran the reading series, and ranked firstin her year despite some issues, namely thosepretentious, creaky sonnets emailed…
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“Dependable Epigraphs” [by Tony Towle]
Dependable Epigraphs My epigraphs will prepare you for the excursion but not for the ruts in the road. …
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Mr. Boyfriend [by Mary Jo Salter]
New lover, known and unknown,you’ve risen before dawnand, delicious in suit and tie,you lean down to the bedto kiss my rumpled headthe tenderest goodbye. A military bearingadheres to what you’re wearing.Oh, how many yearswho…