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“The Consonants” [by John Tranter]
B, brave brown, C, iciclePendant, D, dun though pale,F for faint mauve, fish and bicycle,G, gothic paint in a green pailH, an ambulance red and white,J, lemon rain, K, snakebite,L, bandage around M for…
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Three More Prose Poems by Joan Biddle
THE MAN O WAR Clear blue blown glass on the sand. She’s immune to it. She can sit on the rock in the water that buoys her. Let her love handles be lapped by…
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“Happy Birthday, Peter Richards!” [by Anthony Madrid via Facebook]
PETER RICHARDS (7/13)Mars! Mars! Mars!& we’re bouncin’ off the walls!& Peter Rich’ll teach ya which,You beach- & basketballs! You beach- & basketballs!—Ya slam ’em in the net.—HELL sinky, kinda kinkyKey to oubliette. Umma-gumma yes…
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“The Last Fisherman” by Hyam Plutzik (born today, 102 years ago)
He will set his camp beside a cold lake And when the great fish leap to his lure, shout high To three crows battling a northern wind. Now when the barren twilight closes its…
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The Little-Known Film That Changed History (by Lawrence J. Epstein)
Pimpernel Smith is the most morally influential film ever made. The 1941 adventure film focused on the main character’s rescue of innocent people from the Nazis. The film was made by Leslie Howard using…
