contempoary poetry

David Toms lives and works in Norway. His new poetry collection is Northly from Turas Press. Which poets/writers most influenced you in your new collection, Northly? You know, it's hard to say whether…

So What Are You Doing Today Mr President? By Louis Antoniou Cadillac one pulls up outside the shop The barbers pole a patriotic salute Out hops Donald for a trim of his mop Leader of the Free World, a beach blonde galoot As the barber…

Faceless Hands By Darby Hudson Eight years old, and I’m captivated by the brick-fingered, square hands of a tradesman (tools that could strangle the neck of horse) They flick through a wad of 50 dollar notes then…

Danielle Holian is a poet, journalist, and photographer, born in the West of Ireland. She studied digital media of journalism and marketing in college and has since gained substantial experience in the media field branching off into poetry…

Expansion By Adam Warne by Haughley Road in haw thorn thicket compact in s hape a Red B ull can is nev er lost it’s on ly redistribute d where its vit alized bee gro up vitamins p ollinate the w hite flowers’ future…

Old haunts We spoke of the supernatural. Hands around hot coffee cups, we swapped stories of rented houses with decaying walls but a concrete presence. Of snarling black dogs in dreams and forbidden Ouija boards. I had never been on…

Heirlooms By Aaron Kent Somnambulistic in her house I stole through her cupboards, glued my volar to her heirlooms. I watched the Earth fall from its axis beside her bed, blistered my corneas with the sun on her doorstep. She…

Tie Some Thread To The Frozen Fly's Leg and walk him when he wakes. Source a toy, baby boy Baby hands pocket garden grenades. All big now you tell me all there is to masculinity. I ask you ‘Baby, what made dog Boy a man?’ Well,…

chopped liver & love notes. by Matt Bayliss he stood inside the garage for most of September. the mooring ropes had been cut loose and it was all being scraped out of him like lobster meat from a shell. hours would go…

Do You Require An Advice Slip? By Niall Bourke Make time each week to let the word Schnubart molest your tongue; about-to- unblock is better than the unblocking; spend more time watching ants; learn to skim stones; seek out nature…