Spoon Jackson writes from prison of the freedom he enjoys as he flies: ‘My heart pounds behind no chest.’
‘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
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Coming Unhinged [A Poem About Old Love]
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Wood planks joining steps to porch marry, like ‘a kind of same-sexed couple’ at the front of an ancient farmhouse.
Invisible Man [Poem]
January 28, 2013 By 6 Comments
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
January 24, 2013 By 1 Comment
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
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Marriage, Sometimes
January 3, 2013 By 26 Comments
last trip to the doll house
December 25, 2012 By 2 Comments
pleasureland
October 28, 2012 By 12 Comments
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
October 22, 2012 By 1 Comment
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
October 11, 2012 By 7 Comments
Running: A Poem
October 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
David Karpel tells an American story of persecution and flight: a family that can’t stop running.
Fine for Now
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The rhythm of Will Flores’ days are too uncomfortable to dance to, even alone.
safe sexx confession
September 8, 2012 By 4 Comments
I Will Not Die [Poem]
August 23, 2012 By 1 Comment
The Man Behind the Mask
August 12, 2012 By 18 Comments
What keeps men from sharing their feelings—until it’s too late? Psychotherapist Stephanie Morgan explores the Boy Code through Rick Belden’s poetry.
The Poet as Archetype
August 2, 2012 By 19 Comments
The difference between being a male poet and being a gay man is that it has become increasingly acceptable to come out as gay.
“These men did not expect to live, and now they are learning how to try and live again.”
This comment is by Adam McPhee on Kile Ozier’s post, “Good Grief”.
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