Pardon Me

join the ranks of those moved on before you it’s your turn now the table set for us all a new future awaits your arrival left to the hands of…


“Upside Down,” “Retrorsum,” and “Silence Differs”

Upside Down I’ve heard the clouds screaming loudly, Seen the sky wickedly winking. The city left is like a ghost That in the nightmare keeps……


“Glass from Sand,” “Call to Arms,” “Solitary Confinement,” and Other Poems

Glass from Sand Are you mindful of the fact that the man there in the turban is not a chimpanzee? I know this because that man is me. If you close…


“Heaven Heaven Heaven,” “The List,” “Poetry Reading (What a Gas Chamber),” and Other Poems

Heaven Heaven Heaven Ripple lips touching lost surfaces. Hope letter trust my finding seed, nothing grows here anywhere. Tread careful these waiting…


“This Hovel with Burning Passion,” “Scholomance,” “Morgantown Pulp,” and “Who Can Say What Grave?”

This Hovel with Burning Passion Cold water rots the walls, but his fingers seize her lovely lips To kiss away the dirt of former flings. The mold may…


“For the Sake of Sea Wolves,” “On Account of Mariners,” “For the Sake of the Pearl Diver,” and “Shrouded in Nature”

For the Sake of Sea Wolves cribbed pearls the pirates are dancing aboard despite a seagull-like angriness lories as well as the pearls a meek hoard…


“Thesis,” “Antithesis,” and “Synthesis”

Thesis Hey girl, You have a pretty face. I mean your face is beautiful. I mean you are beautiful. I’m looking at you ‘cause it makes me happy, You’ve…


Graveyard of the Living

Part I: Remain Silent sitting at a covered coffee table  together with three other women  like draped dolls | protected  by the pram |…


Five Poems by Simon Perchik

Untitled It was a brook, had names though these bottom stones are still draining, passing you by before letting go the silence that stays after each…


“Hungarian Wizardries: Musings” and “Pearls-Dreams”

Hungarian Wizardries: Musings Something of Hungary would give thanks to Austria for the historic-ontological suitableness, a weird-like spirit. I was…