Jasper by William Cannon
My name is Jasper, 5th grader. I’m at the library. The one downtown. I’m with my mom. She’s inside. I’m at the top of…
Season by James Rogers
Once on an autumn night / There were stars, even a rising moon / The beech tree had shed its leaves …
To My Sister by Steve Porterfield
You left home / When you were seventeen / In your gray Honda Civic / With the Buckethead sticker in the window…
The Ranch by Billy Sedlmayr
We took April and drove it onto open road, / collapsed into each other, / one more betrayal, an admission I paid for and…
View (2) by Stephen Keating
A concrete and glass tower / commands the prison yard. / From inside it / men who have no souls / look down on…
View by Stephen Keating
One section / of the sidewalk / has a huge purple stain / and a popsicle stick; / the temperature is / one hundred…
In a Dream by Stephen Keating
In a dream in which I am home / Everyone I love is there …
Untitled by Stephen Keating
Darkness overtakes the yard / like a silent adversary / always strange and unexpected / coming from the horizon / pressing down on a…
Within Darkness by Stephen Keating
When I was a child/ I feared the darkness …
An Earth-born Wanderer
I leave here every chance I get / Going places that I’ll never be …