Poemlet About Philosophy: The Dreamy Manifesto
It can convert red fire of the Spartacist Uprising into azure felicity of the philosophy. in feline eyes something hoary is enforcing an Egyptian…
“Multi-Cultural Awareness,” “The State of Maybe,” “Bumpkin in Overalls,” and “Tokyo Rose Lives”
Multi-Cultural Awareness In Japan, the Japanese write poems about Japan. There’s no mention of the universal. Japanese poets write Japanese poems…
“From the Wolf,” “We Will Just Love You,” “Rain-Side,” and “Keeping My Body Parts to Myself These Days”
From the Wolf Your pack is so civilized. You broil pork for your just-whelped pups. Your prey is this thing called “the good life" but you don't…
Thoughts of the Senator on the Floor
Pain, pain, lidocaine Juice me up, doc I want numb I want to deal pain without feeling it Make me supreme Too much pain for too long Inject my fists…
“Plumber’s Note,” “Canal Fulton,” “Maruchan Ramen (Creamy Chicken Flavor),” and Other Poems
Plumber's Note I do not want to alarm you but your toilet was clogged with bones and fur- thermore I saw a skeletal bird roaming the graveyard you…
“You,” “-––––-!!!,” “Tiger,” and Other Poems
You In the whirlwind world of my words, you can find yourself in hyphens and colons, spinning and spiraling in the torrent of raging creativity… You…
Three Poems by Gabriella Garofalo
Untitled You really feel the day’s newly dispersed grass? You really think a blackout to God might work? Shut up, death, you never saw Kids and…
“Ode to a Hard-Ass Bed,” “Leviathan’s Handmaiden,” “Our Lady of Sunbeams,” and “From Columbus”
Ode to a Hard-Ass Bed Your woods are not lovely, dark or deep Yours is not an invitation to sleep “Sleep if you must!” you say, And rest thy weary…
“Summer Wine” and “Fireflies”
Summer Wine Grandma made medicines from the flowers They were not medicines that was wine, my mother said Bring her in, it's already dark, Mother…
“How Narrow is the Gate” and “Summer”
How Narrow is the Gate Cracks in a wall And a plaster wall Endless halls that end Golden frame, shining, reflecting The door is small and…
