Poem of the Month

A Grip on the Stars

A Grip on the Stars

I arrive wrapped in typhoon, blue grey wet blanket airless and unsettled.

By Gillian Sze and Alison Strumberger

Hold Tight, Let Go

That was my verdict, six weeks before the shades. January had burst December open. I said let ...

By François Turcot

Centre: Eochaill

Rise with the centre of the island, its thorny-backed middle. Climb, upwards from the main road, follow the ...

By Kelly Norah Drukker

Hermit Crab

Regardless of what you’ve been told, I moved in because I didn’t want to hear the ocean anymore, the slosh of ...

By Michael Prior

The cellar room

The cellar room

Tightly drawn curtains in the windows. Clay pot planted with balsam fir. Hung with glass balls, walnuts, apples ...

By Ilona Martonfi

The Manly Arts

Most lawns are shit. People mow too short, mow one way, use dull blades, over-water, never topdress, grow the ...

By Carmine Starnino

Muskrat dives

Muskrat dives, heavy, into a ditch.       The water-sound shimmers like sheep ...

By Louise Carson

Shape

My ex keeps asking do I want the cat back,
but my place is a wall short
and where pray tell to put the litter box?

By Carolyn Marie Souaid