Work Boots by Joseph S. Pete

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] The steelworkers’ boots were thick slabs of scuffed leather and heavy soles with rough-hewn treads, boots man, work boots, stitched and crafted, built for a hostile environment, forged for steel mills that burned like the devil’s own...

The City as Autumn Leaves by Joe Bisicchia

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Life chases through our veins so much the same, to find us so soon golden expressed in different ways as if a visual melody, even if silent as if in each other we meet ourselves, an opus...

Well, by Scott Malone

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] the Good always die young, but assholes live forever so I should be fine, but I miss Biscuit, and Geiv and Lula and Buddy Scout Jackie and and and. and I will miss you too. [tabbyending]

Sick Pastime by Ho Malone

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] My favorite time of the year, at Grandma's house, was half-past nine after homemade tamales and dessert, with no adults in the backyard we had the whole field to run wild I loved games. He knew that...

Sea of Black by Genady Arkhipau

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] A hint of blue in a sea of black: Eyes begging for belonging. Fate - a cruel trickster, teasing to remind us That things like that do really happen, (Vile comic timing notwithstanding) Be hydrated for when...