By William Graydon
Adam was all the buzz
Being new and all, drunk silly
Cast as Eden’s first FOX
Devouring leafy greens, avoiding fruit god would not allow
Evolving, discovering, mastering improv
Feeling things that felt too good, but painted a snafu
Growing, with no place to unload, spat
Hollow with suffering, from unknown loneliness
Incarcerated as a single voice, his jaw ajar
Jesting [...]
by A. J. Haviaras
Talk Nerdy to Me
Talk nerdy to me
And I will talk nerdy to you
You can tank and spank me
Come ride my epic mount
Grind all your levels with me
I will be your ling if you be my overlord
Don’t zerg my pylon
Take your time, no rushing
Talk nerdy to me
And I will talk nerdy to you
Mario [...]
by Michelle Schwabach
More than just a kiss when it’s
The kiss that a young women gives to her husband on her wedding day
The kiss she gives her husband goodbye as he heads off to war
The kiss she gives her new born baby boy for the first time
The kiss she gives her husband as he returns from [...]
by Taylor Meredith
Pink cherry blossom petals like puckered lips
in clusters against a blue backdrop of sky.
Her hair down her back like spilled ink,
lifting weightless in the wind.
Plaid skirts running by in a blur,
hands over mouths shielding giggles.
A statue with an aura of green leaves,
cross legged in eternal zen.
A white cobblestone bridge arched like an eldery [...]
By PJ German
I Would Like to Say a Few Things about Myself
My name is P.J. German
and I am divorced.
Long story short: my ex-wife had an affair
And left me for the guy.
That’s what happens when you have a small penis
I am a – to the bone – Re Pub Li Can
and Tea Party Member!
I like Neil [...]
By P.J. German
You bring out the English in me
The proper man who opens your door
And walks on the outside of the sidewalk
You bring out the German in me
The shove you in the oven and bake you
Till your skin bubbles like leavened bread
You bring out the Irish in me
The drown my sorrows in alcohol
Because you’re not [...]
by P. J. German
It was a cold morning. The snow had stopped, but its result was left upon the ground. The only green in sight were the pine trees. Autumn gave way to winter early this year, and most of the trees were asleep, naked. My father and I stepped out of the bright red [...]
by P. J. German
‘At that point Peter got up the nerve to ask,
“Master, how many times do I forgive a brother
or sister
who hurts me? Seven?”
Jesus replied
“Seven! Hardly.
Try seventy times seven.”’
Matthew 18.21-22
(The Message)
I’m supposed to tell you I forgive you
but I don’t know if I should or can
you see
I never knew it would be like this
or [...]
by P.J. German
When the cops found out, all hell broke loose.
Who molested the alligator?
Dr. Hafner was not at all pleased.
It was his pet from St. Petersburg.
The gator screamed, ‘Somebody touched me!’
They first accused Dr. Ford with all
of his dark, crazy, Poe fantasies.
He was quickly ruled out of the crime;
He was busy with Elektraphrog.
Ford said, ‘This [...]
by Woody McCree
I’m Confucian,
I’m a Buddhist,
I’m a Mystic injudicious.
I’m a Hindu,
I’m a Christian,
I’m a Daoist Judaistic.
Every moment I keep changing,
Every world-view rearranging.
Don’t go thinking I am faithless;
There is method to my madness.
All beliefs are fluxuating,
Rapid hyper-ventilating,
Kalaidoscopic mind-rotating.
All for one and one for all-
Allah, Krishna, Yahweh, Kali.
The tilt-a-whirl just keeps on spinning;
Where it stops [...]