Rick Belden isn’t scared of the feeling of pain. He’s just scared he’ll actually have to express it.
Poetry
Poetry on Video: “Easter”
Rick Belden reads a poem called “Easter” from his book Iron Man Family Outing: Poems about Transition into a More Conscious Manhood.
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My Men
One in a series of poems about men by Anna Halberstadt
Impossible Exchange [Poetry]
‘Porn is a hell of not having … of infinite desire laid over the world on a screen.’
At Night I Fly: The Good Life Introduces Spoon Jackson, a Poet Behind Bars
Spoon Jackson writes from prison of the freedom he enjoys as he flies: ‘My heart pounds behind no chest.’
Coming Unhinged [A Poem About Old Love]
Wood planks joining steps to porch marry, like ‘a kind of same-sexed couple’ at the front of an ancient farmhouse.
Invisible Man [Poem]
Rick Belden asks, what will become of him, now that women look right through him as if he weren’t there at all?
Poem: Epitaph … for Skip
Daniel Lee Fee’s elegy for a young man describes the feelings “neither one of us guys / was brave enough, / simple enough, / to say, / to say out loud.”
For a Granddaughter
Russell Kesler welcomes a family member who has not yet arrived.
Marriage, Sometimes
Sometimes, marriage is like this.
last trip to the doll house
The holidays can leave us desperate for human connection.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Near the end of a long life together, a husband finds himself alone with yet ” … promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”
afterwards: a poem
How does a man feel after sex? That depends upon the man and his history.
Running: A Poem
David Karpel tells an American story of persecution and flight: a family that can’t stop running.
Fine for Now
The rhythm of Will Flores’ days are too uncomfortable to dance to, even alone.