Monthly Archives: April 2015

Marian Kaplun Shapiro

Around here, March Note to viewers: in order to preserve the formatting of this poem, I had to attach it as a PDF. Simply click on the title to read the poem. At the beginning, as the story goes, Marian … Continue reading

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Dave Lego

timed passage go out in the field with that helmeted Go-Pro and press the button, not that little clearing beside the building but the field as wide as it is far, far out look up and stream the dark washed … Continue reading

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Robert L. Giron

Spring Note to viewers: in order to preserve the formatting of this poem, I had to attach it as a PDF. Simply click on the title to read the poem. Robert L. Giron is the founder and publisher of Gival … Continue reading

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Liz Fortini

A breath of spring you come in the morning from the mantle of night in evergreen tang beckon from my rose window you lead me to the wayside where I inhale sweetness crossing into the present I capture your sighs … Continue reading

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Bill Lord

First to Bloom The warm storms of March are cruel, Seeding tulips that bloom a month too soon, Shouting in the shadow of a groundhog, “Is this the beginning or the end?” Are we those primitive flowers? Erupting sun-bound from … Continue reading

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Joy Mar

Aquilegia in a variety of colors, its blooms surprisingly easy to grow in dappled shade, partial sun zones 3 to 9, best for show. Until its second season, this biennial will not flower. Letting nature take its course, fall-planted seeds … Continue reading

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Allison Clapp Fuentes

Untitled bleak salt billows swell enduring enduring and crash on warming sand © Allison Clapp Fuentes 2015 Allison Clapp Fuentes is an artist of multiple mediums, including theater and performance art, textiles, and music. Her purpose in life is to … Continue reading

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Sam Hamod

For Gaza: No Monuments (Today, Israel flooded Gaza by  opening its illegally constructed dams with water stolen from Palestine; I also posted this on Oscar night because so many in Hollywood support Israel, and are given “monuments”/Oscars/ tonight for what … Continue reading

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Carrie Teresa Maison

Lady in Crosswalk In pastel she sprouts, stems elongated by her Jimmy Choos. She collects admirers, on-lookers and critics who crave secrets & a change of season— walk a mile in my shoes. She lunges, and then hesitates. A yellow … Continue reading

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Joanna Howard

Holy Saturday The calendar pauses while mourners plod home Too fatigued to do more than pray. Every turn of the beads scars their hearts Reminding them of the man on the cross, Has Thy will been done? Has Thy kingdom … Continue reading

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