poetry
Elegy for Overachieving
And yet nothing is as satisfying // as scratching the pen back // and forth over having it all // done and evidenced.
A Time Traveler's Guide
If you move a chair, // the Pharaoh's curse may turn out // to be a fact.
Knolling Photography
Outside, the morning sun // Is sitting in the sky // Like a cake plate crayoned
Never Forget and Psychosomatics
I will never forget // how quickly your scooter sped down the hill
In Traction
By Matt Gulley
a quick search, a type and tap // or a phone-sought friend, at longest last
The Long Arm of the Past Hangs on Forever and You Are with Me Still
By Cecil Morris
The embryo that bloomed ectopic in the wife // who left me would be 45 this year and lives // in the cryogenic regions of my brain
Humming and Taking the Old Birdie Out for a Spin
The antique store hides // a portal to the underworld // behind a wall of maps // of places that don’t exist.
Human Pastoral Brick and Two Other Poems
By Chris Corlew
willow-white duck // the blistered // spigot squirts not only for you // but for my irradiated necktie