Cynthia Ruth Lewis's 'Squares'

by | Nov 16, 2011 | Prose & Poetry

Squares  Not really, no—things weren't going too smoothly,I remember telling you this morningin the laundry room, the words stickingin my throat like lint in a trap, as I foldedand re-folded a rag into perfect squares,as if I could change the shape of...

Peter Daniels reviews 'Modern Love' by Max Wallis

by | Nov 15, 2011 | Reviews

Max Wallis Modern Love Flipped Eye (Flap pamphlet series no.5) £4.00This sequence takes a year of finding love and losing it; moving from “All the days to tread till I meet you…” to “Allow yourself this one day / hungover from love”. This is young love, gay love,...

A Haibun from Stephen W Leslie

by | Nov 14, 2011 | Haibun, Tanka, Haiku & Haiga

Coloring Book – A Japanese HaibunAfter a year of preparation I was finally going to be seeing my first counseling client.  There was a knock on the door and she entered….and immediately my heart fell.  She was eleven years old and I had never had any...

Dan Wyke's 'Days of March'

by | Nov 12, 2011 | Prose & Poetry

Days of March1Cycling home from work, I followed a pink grapefruitrolling slowly down New England Road.It kept reappearing from under the cars queuing at the lights.At the bottom of the hill I turned right and lost sight of its progress.3I text you about vegetables...