Bryan S Way's 'mi magnifico'

mi magnifico oblong drops of coffee drip down the spine          of plastic cups. somewhere in between I hear the voices,          my parents; they call my name but their cries are...

Wesley Dylan Gray's 'Egyptian Hills'

Egyptian Hills There was a house in Egyptian Hills where my family once lived. A tri-level with a walkout basement. My brother and I stayed in the bottom and shared it with fifteen cats.We heard rumors—suicide of former tenant—and on the ceiling we saw dark rust...

Matthew Stewart's 'Family Visit'

Family VisitDark-tied and properly suited,back at my in-laws’ place, I’m hereto make sure the flat is intact.The same portraits are standing guardand the same piano keys grinwith their yellowed teeth. Rosarieslay coiled on a sunlit tablelike dozing, sated...