Poem

poetry-magazineA Children’s Story

By Paula Bohince
Again, an ousted child or orphan happens onto a den.
It happens then. Invitation by faun or badger to rest from 
mayhem, undress to white ruffle. 
Where the tea in its tin gets shook into tarnished teapot
fetched from on tiptoe in an off-kilter kitchen.
Cakes with cream and jam are presented (please, delicious,
yes, thank you). Manners…
Poem
By Jessie Leitzel
The end of summer
and our jalapeño plant

is wilting, its stem brittle
as the heat peels

away from us,
though…
Poem

poetry-magazineAn Optimism

By Cameron Awkward-Rich
It is morning. Remember that.
It is morning and the house is quiet,
so quiet that I can, for the moment…
Poem

poetry-magazineAs Bee

By Paula Bohince
Forgive my trespass, I mistook for work a crown
of raspberries and custard. Thank you, tartlet, thank you,
Miss, for arranging it on a doily on a saucer, thank you, Nature
for these hypnotizing concentrics. My mother
(did I have one?) was likewise hypnotic. My queen,
she used and tossed me, thoughtless, from the palace.
But this isn’t…

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