Momma Es BBQ and Home Style Cooking: By Paul Palmer |
The building is washed out yellow, not a real color but remnants mixed, trimmed in a faded Texas red. What it first was or has been is unclear, prosperity on Fort Worth's Rosedale hidden by negl...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 14:55:00 GMT |
Perennials: By Shannon Goleman |
She walked me out to the garden at the end of her vast yard. Before we even arrived, her arm was outstretched in an accusatory point at a single lily blossom.
"It came in all crazy this year." I cou...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 12:32:00 GMT |
Further: by Mister Wile |
your constellations, my incantation & formulaeyour orbit marked in seasons, cross-paths and lines drawn with million-mile shadows,my circles of protection, tetragammetron, pentagram, medicine whee...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 19:45:00 GMT |
I O U: by Shannon Goleman |
You were not the oneBut you were the oneWho made it okayTo be me whenYou were not the one
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 19:40:00 GMT |
Toil: Jason Ashbaugh |
The small victories are important
because they are small
because you know deep down
and from the start
that you will have to take your lumps
and you will not win the war
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 19:32:00 GMT |
my bones: by Jason Ashbaugh |
A cobalt blue '73 Cutlass supreme
and a good woman's love
we can roll down the windows
cruise all around town
maybe talk about getting a dog
stop and get sno-cones
smoke cigarettes
have some juice
li...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 19:29:00 GMT |
Bones and Blood: By Jason Ashbaugh |
We used to play with marbles and little toy figurines
we used to piss the bed
and cry out for our mothers in the dark
we used to put our hands in new places
What is it in us that makes us think
all...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 19:26:00 GMT |
Aphasia: By Michael Constantine McConnell |
I'm looking for a word to stretch my ribs when I lie
on my back connecting stars for vision. I seek
a descriptive word that doesn't yet know the taste
of water, has yet to feel wind push invisi...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:05:00 GMT |
Traveling Companions: By Shannon Goleman |
If she wants to stay up all night or out all night, once in a while, you've got to let her. If she wants to take a while to make up her mind and then change it right away, you've got to let her. If sh...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:57:00 GMT |
