dorothy chan

Four Poems by Dorothy Chan

Sonnet XXV: Hong Kong Crabs Hold on for Dear Life Hong Kong crabs are holding on for dear life as Dad takes the tongs and I hold the bag. We’re in the seafood department, [...]

January 7, 2017

Flesh and Blood by Stuart Snelson

August 1, 2014

They would only be staying one night, of that he had been assured. He didn’t begrudge them their visit, at such short [...]
Vixen by Kieron Walquist

February 27, 2017

After Ma died, the fox appeared. Black-mittened, face and fur scorched in red, the vixen would prowl our neglected hayfield, [...]
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT PLAYS GOD and other poems by Stephanie Tom

January 24, 2017

The phenomenon of Schrödinger’s cats states: being that the cat was simultaneously half-alive and half-dead in the [...]
From The Book of Smaller by rob mclennan

July 27, 2017

Postcard to Gil McElroy A sketch. An apparatus of mish-mash. Salutations. Systematic checks. My legs were cold. Mezzanine. [...]
The Ultimate Dinner Party by C.B. Johnson

March 19, 2016

Nobody knew it but it was the eve of another historic money crash, the kind that has bankers jumping out of windows from [...]
Diner Hearts by Benjamin Blake

February 1, 2015

Waitress smiles as she sets down my coffee All I can offer in return is a fleeting glance into her eyes Well received, but [...]
The King of Hearts is the Loneliest of Kings and other poems by Steve Passey

February 18, 2019

The King of Hearts is the Loneliest of Kings Scars and Tattoos: Every scar is a story; a tattoo is just someone else’s [...]
On Donald Trump Tweeting that Meryl Streep is One of the Most Overrated Actresses by Amy Saul-Zerby

February 1, 2017

This year we learned the difference between shock & surprise & maybe too late, but who would have thought, if given [...]
ACQUA DI PARMA and other poems by Frank Rubino

October 23, 2017

Not that green afternoon, when walking by a taco truck near Montclair High School, I felt a bird drop a load on my forehead. [...]
You Will Drink by Eric Boyd

June 1, 2014

It is the end of the night. A man you hardly know, a new dishwasher at the restaurant you have been at for two years too [...]
Interview with Shae Krispinsky

September 4, 2017

What was your early life like? Where did you grow up? Early life was Western Pennsylvania, catching fireflies and [...]
ross from friends emoji set by chuck young

February 17, 2017

two smiling mouths / pressed against each / other gospeling secrets / down ticklish throats. / personal history [...]

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