a poem by Leah Mensch It was cold, or at least I remember it being cold. 12 was cold, 95 was cold. Everything was cold. My fleece jacket inflated as the summer breeze whizzed throughContinue reading
Tag: Winter
Winter Scene
a poem by Anthony G. Amsterdam Everything is canceled: schools shut, airports down, cars on the Interstate and Bypass nothing more than menthol butts ditched by bored, impatient winter gods that wait their turn, stampingContinue reading
Winter’s Gentleman
In a way, I was forever winter’s child, born from snow in the Midwest I was bottled near a silver city, where the lights were bright for a moment As my mother soon brought usContinue reading
Premonition
a poem by Jess Harrison There is nothing left to see. Tarred wings of a blackbird. A goldfinch. A mourning dove. There is a bay of frozen water that traps a pier in moment. IContinue reading
In the Juniper Trees
a short story by Jessi Harrison You’re the front row of a blues club at seventeen.No door guy, no ID.(No idea).You’re the inertia from the spark of the matchthat catalytically burned your lover’s mindfrom the inside.Continue reading
Forever Winter
Our fine land is now covered in white The last of the northern birds have taken southern flight To the warmth To the warmth
Neon, Neon by Jessi Harrison
Meet me at the crossroads, he says. Bring ice, & everything that’s holding you back. I find myself whispering knots, & anchors, & harmful transgressions into cubes, & throwing them into oncoming traffic. The carsContinue reading