The Pebble – by Rebecca Harrison
Sarah found the pebble on the beach. It was the colour of shaken clouds. She put it in her pocket, took it home, settled it on her bedside table, and went to sleep. In the morning, the pebble had grown – it filled her hands. It was as cool as wind shadows. She held it […]
Worth Your Attention? – by Mark Danowsky
Music trumps information according to the author of Bug Music We will re-listen, he says when we will not re-read Music came first, after all and does not even require an instrument But so much music is noise just as words can be clutter and certain plants are weeds
Barking Trees – by Josh Brown
The trees talk to me “Hey, fucker,” They whisper What the hell? I don’t know what to tell them Maybe fuck off But no I don’t want those trees to die I love them No matter how rude They bark at me.
April Showers – Ray Scanlon
So little does it take to mitigate the horrors of IRS Form 1040, a spider in the mailbox, or repeatedly snagging pinkie toe on errant elastic while slithering one’s foot into a recalcitrant sock: Cheryl’s swift soft peck on the temple as I type at the computer, Bach’s Ascension Oratorio with the volume at 11, spring’s first dandelion. Anticipating […]
3 Poems – Marc Alexander Valle
Branches, buddings, purple wrens, landing, chirping, bouncing, over battlefield trenches Desert, moon, white, dunes, sand, blowing, unearthing limestone ruins Thick mist clears, hot air balloon armada blots the atmosphere
Mark Danowsky – Worth Your Attention?
Music trumps information according to the author of Bug Music We will re-listen, he says when we will not re-read Music came first, after all and does not even require an instrument But so much music is noise just as words can be clutter and certain plants are weeds