megan kemple

two poems by megan kemple

Thanks for the Christmas Present I’ve always preferred thunderstorms to sunny days, Rain on rusted tin roofs, steady as my Mother’s tears, pinging the side of an A-frame [...]

June 1, 2015

Grocery List by Elizabeth Bolton

There is, here in my hand, a small blue rectangle of grocery list like the looping invitation to a banquet that awaits and [...]
Two Poems by Raphael Maurice

UTOPIA This is the hard land of miracles. Land of arias over the fields, land of music made by the god at morning. Land of [...]
The Prescription by Jenya Doudareva

It was about time to renew summer. Traditionally, a person or a group that had the necessary power would do it. It was [...]
Flesh and Blood by Stuart Snelson

They would only be staying one night, of that he had been assured. He didn’t begrudge them their visit, at such short [...]
lights, camera, action and other poems by Amy Saul-Zerby

lights, camera, action in a room as quiet as yours is today there is space into which expansion may occur when a house is [...]
I just wanted to be sinister and other poems by Stephanie Valente

it’s just a little drop of blood on my shirt collar, nothing really – the lipstick is harder to rub out. [...]
Two Poems by Helen Picard

Rusty Rood From the second floor window, the red roof of the house next door reflected A strange, rusty glow at twilight. In [...]
Dying to Leave by Ashlie Allen

I made sure everyone was asleep before I tried again. I had nothing to carry just the weight of uncertainty. No one knew how [...]
Patty Ahoy by Cezarija Abartis

Patty walked in stiffly and dropped her bookbag by the coffee table. Her eyes were red from crying. I put aside my [...]
Three Poems by Jacqueline Markowski

Mania Pulls six figures living paycheck to paycheck, a dry tongue away from homelessness. It takes out steel window loans [...]
Two Poems by Carla McGill

ANOTHER DRIVE This time I leave the circling freeways of Los Angeles, head the other way toward the burnt land of [...]
Thirty by Rachel Harrison

At the age of 24 you will take a good long look in the mirror and realize that your face is asymmetrical. You won’t [...]