FOURTEENTH STREET BLUES ~BY PHILIP BARTRAM
Sammy “Too Smart” curses the nine ball
That rattles in the corner pocket but
Doesn’t fall.
Poems
THINKING OF YOU ~BY MAVIS MUPFIGO
In secret, hearts beat as one,
Longing to be together, under the sun.
A HEART FOREVER SCARRED ~BY MAVIS MUPFIGO
She tended to his wounds with gentle care,
A love so strong, yet forbidden to share.
SUN-FOLLOWER ~BY HARSHIKA SINGH
The moon notices a sunflower every day,
watching only the sun.
GOING HOME ~BY PHILIP BARTRAM
In the countenance of unlocked winds,
The moth-sustained night withers, and
Chicago, turning from drowsiness,
LOVING YOU FOR ETERNITY ~BY MAVIS MUPFIGO
Across the distance, my heart remains,
Forever tied to yours, through joy and pains.
ABOUT MARRIAGE ~BY DENISE LEVERTOE
Don’t lock me in wedlock, I want
marriage, an
encounter —
THE RIDE ~BY PHILIP BARTRAM
THE RIDE Night has crushed the earth,And I am held in a carbon fiber handBy polyester belts secured at three points.The quarter moon, in all vagueness,Has come up from the sea and passedOver the sheer stone cliffs. I have climbed into this armor,Wheeled and powered for speed,To ride shielded beneath the entire weightOf night and…
SONNET 116 – LET ME NOT TO THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS ~BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
COALMINER’S YODEL NO. 1 ~BY PHILIP BARTRAM
Grandfather spoke fondly of Ike
In a breath scuffed by the lung-deep