I want to have the beauty,the dichotomy, of being man.I want to beA Spartan charged with austerity,a Menelaus, warring for... Read More
By LORA BUNCH Standing on the edge of a new dawn with bated breath. I can’t distinguish between excitement and... Read More
EDITOR’S NOTE: Gregory Longshore is a formal poet who lives in Central Florida and spent a few days in April... Read More
“The whole universe is change, and life itself is but what youdeem it.”Marcus Aurelius,From: “Meditations” Like hound dog with mangeI’m... Read More
Obsessive behaviorfundamentally focusedon surging towardthe electric core A primal pointabsent pressurewhere levitation swirlsas glands ignite The shift is feltwhen consciousness... Read More
Bygone days, memories refrainSeen out window of Blue Ridge train “All aboard, take yourself a seatHave tickets ready,” came loud... Read More
Eggs crack, bacon sizzles, splattersHot pan crashes, dropped dish clattersZip by, bob and weave, see ’em goWaitresses stage carnival show... Read More
By FRITZ CRYTZER Midnight candlelight,liquid music, perfumedby musky fragrancescry softly oferotic intimacies.Half closed glancestouch sinuous forms,and wispy breathingaccelerates, hardens,until the... Read More
Beneath crossroads red light sat boot—stark, wornCrawling traffic stops and goes, then movement stallsViewers gawk, drivers smirk, blissful blow hornQuestions... Read More