Andy Fenwick New York, New York In May of 1934, my grandfather and his foot-taller brother aim their novel fire extinguisher at the camera. This is their offer to fight fires for buyers of fifty or more. Launched to free them from indenture to a life under liars, this business venture flirts with a trickle…
Tag: poetry
Ian Prattis Ottawa, Canada
Poet Behind a plough of words the poet drives a furrow, – never straight. Phrases spiral upwards, as an eagle soars in a sky with no horizon or meter. Universal alphabet mimics dancing clouds and touches Creation’s syntax. Cascading into passages that hover, tracing cosmic runes at the edge of knowing. Words drift by on…
Darryl Salach Toronto, Canada
BREAKING DIGITAL LOCKS government crackdowns: the Feds introduce a new bill entitled “Technology Neutral” pop-goes-the-weasel screams the Industry Minister standing on the left and sometimes on the right copyright protection now has more teeth – bite the ass of the individual consumer delights the war-monger pimp who proposes further annihilation to the arts delighted corporate…
Khurshid Alam
Brian Heffron Los Angeles, USA
Donna Baier Stein New Jersey, USA
Alacrity Stone Toronto, Canada
My Love Trusts In the treasury of snow angelic hands in shadow fold each fragile breath of a rose with reverence to a name. Vibrant sister who stepped a silent samba in somber shoes; whose flutter of exquisite hands dropped like doves to nest in awkward fists of gentleness; you are “a fountain of gardens…
Melissa Studdard Houston, USA
Maverick Galloping girl, beautiful woman in bloom— you ride this life like you would an untamed beast, your hands on the mane as if clinging to sanity itself, your own hair blowing its susurrus, whispers of fire in the wind. But sanity you suspect is only an opinion, and genius is the simple act of…
William Crawford Philadelphia, USA
Ravi Naicker
WINDOW ON THE WORLD The rays of the African sun Penetrate the boughs of withering branches. Sheep mow the golden, crunchy grass While crows salvage morsels From earth’s marooned ship. The stately home to a pioneer family Perched on the hill, Nestled amongst blue cliffs Overlooking green sugar fields And countless rows of gum trees….