Poetry

The Choice

By Vanessa Blakeslee

1 Comment 15 May 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember what I told you on the way back from the bookstore?

I want to remember, but I don’t.

You don’t? I wrote it down after I watched you from across the room. There she is, and I’ll be dead soon. Continue Reading

Poetry

Winter With Abraham Lincoln

By Peter Davis

2 Comments 30 April 2012

 

 

 

 

 

We went sledding. I pulled plastic bags

over my feet before I stuffed them in my moon boots. Continue Reading

Poetry

The Situation Often Referred to As Poetry

By Peter Davis

1 Comment 30 April 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a situation often referred to as poetry. If you don’t

understand that, we’re at an impasse. Other situations are

possible, including stock car racing, but most of these

events go undetected. Continue Reading

Poetry

According to All the Dead People

By Peter Davis

No Comments 30 April 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

According to all the dead people, death is a pretty

silent place, where people don’t make any attempts at

communication or whatnot, movement. Of course, I know people Continue Reading

Poetry

Sleeping In a Tree

By Peter Davis

No Comments 30 April 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

I haven’t got much time to write this because I don’t have much

time, like everyone, who always says, “Hey, I’m everyone and I have

so little time.” I keep meaning to make more time in my basement. Continue Reading

Poetry

Because I’m Lazy

By Peter Davis

1 Comment 30 April 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m wasting my time. It’s all I do, like I’ve got

an agenda and it’s not there. I turn to this in an effort

to avoid that, and yet where I turn is into another

avenue that leads nowhere. Continue Reading

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