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Uniqueness proven in Paris! Merry Christmas!
And, you thought, if anyone did, Saint Nicholas would know the unique truth of love. Alas, in Babylon, even he must sometimes lay himself down and analyze. I happened to be paying attention this time.…
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“Becoming a God” [by Thomas Moody]
I am a young man sittingon the end of a bed in aMotel 6 in Pensacola Fl.holding in my hands a maskcarved by a decade of echosof America’s proselytizers. The mask is difficult to…
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“Morning Routine” [by Lily Bowen]
My legs look their thinnestin the mirrored windows of the Bed Bath and Beyond loading dockon W 65th. Employees only, I smile and say good morningto the men smoking their cigarettes out back. Every…
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“15 Poems to Avoid” [by Rebecca Endres]
15 Poems to Avoid The “very punny” The overly enthusiastic— Dickinson!— Fan! The simile that’s as overused as your favorite tee-shirt The cliché that has all the teenagers rolling their eyes moodily The hyperbolic…
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John Donne’s “Nocturnal upon St. Lucy’s Eve”
'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's,Lucy’s, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks ;The sun is spent, and now his flasksSend forth light squibs, no constant rays ;The world’s whole sap…
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A Husbandry of Risk and Want in a House Run by Mothers: Dante Di Stefano Reviews Tommye Blount’s What Are We Not For
What Are We Not ForTommye BlountBull City Press, 2016 Tommye Blount’s debut chapbook, What Are We Not For, artfully explores what it means to live inside a black queer body at this particular time…
