Poetry
Il Herculano è Solo
Along with Pompeii, the smaller but wealthier Roman town of Herculaneum was buried and preserved when Mt. Vesuvius erupted. Here it speaks.
Poetry
rant@god
“If god is unjust | the world is a prison with no reward.”
Short Story
77th and Madison: Top of the World
A young man gets a glimpse into the literal and figurative top of society and finds it wanting.
Poetry
Dreaming Dusk
Rhyme and repetition create an atmosphere and a personal energy.
Poetry
Symmetry
Life and death are the symmetry of nature.
Creative Essay
Tranquility
A personal description of dawn over an awaiting surf.
Poetry
Did You See the News Tonight?
The poet contemplates the death of a stranger.
Poetry
Corn
The poet uses the metaphor of an ear of corn to describe her parents’ divorce.
Poetry
Eccentricity
A poem contrasting a person’s true identity with the expectations of others.
Poetry
Uncertainty
The poet shares five personal experiences linked by a sense of uncertainty.
Short Story
Best Left Silent
A girl whose father makes the dark unsafe tries to find normality in the light.
Short Story
Shards of Memory
A man ruined by the Depression makes one final grasp at the life he once led.