Alan Britt’s The Tavern of Lost Souls, Reviewed by David E. Poston
The Tavern of Lost Souls Alan Britt Červená Barva Press Reviewer: David E. Poston It has been fifty years since Mantras: An Anthology of Immanentist Poetry, edited by Alan Britt, first appeared. Britt has now published twenty-five collections of his own poetry, with The Tavern of Lost Souls being one of two that came out […]
Lee Jacobus – In a Boneyard in Galway
In a Boneyard in Galway In a boneyard in Galway I stepped into an open grave the grass above my head, invisible, a vacancy waiting for me. It was my fall from grace, a shock as I penetrated the darkness. I never felt so Irish as at that moment looking up at the cloudless sky, […]
Amber Flora Thomas – On a Sunday
On a Sunday I have suspected all along that I would forget you. When pressing the water out of a teabag. When a hummingbird slips its head in a fuchsia flower and pees a silver thread as it exits. When following a path along the bluffs to a cypress worn in the wind-shape of clinging […]
Laurel Szymkowiak – Leaving
Leaving Next spring my grandfather’s trellised pink roses will bloom without him. My husband prunes the canes for him, anyway. My grandfather’s house shrinks in too much stillness. I miss his scent mint candy and Old Spice. Where is the pillow from his chair? From the front porch I watch barges on the river at […]
Sean Thomas Dougherty’s Death Prefers the Minor Keys, Reviewed by Shawn Pavey
Death Prefers the Minor Keys Sean Thomas Dougherty BOA Editions Ltd. Reviewer: Shawn Pavey What Sean Thomas Dougherty accomplishes with this sizable collection of prose poems is miraculous, a word not to be used lightly. I stand by it because these poems, with their unflinching openness and lyrical musicality, are powerful and vibrant and innovative. […]
