Three Poems BENEDICTION: For My Father In the gravel driveway beside the house of peeling paint there is a motorcycle, but it does not belong to you. The bike is black, a dragon painted on its gas tank, tail entwining a woman in fur bikini. You are getting...
Garden of Earthly Delights, Hieronymous Bosch You Must Learn the Joys of Sinning by John Ballantine AAA You must learn to lie a little, bend the rules, and make the game work for you. You must learn the joys of sinning to make real money. Then we’ll wrap...
THE ALTAR by Phyllis Carol Agins Bella knows what she is running from. One failed marriage, two dramatic love affairs. A third abortion that was almost too late when she might be tempted, at thirty-nine, to keep this, maybe her only-chance baby....
Did Shakespeare Get the Munchies AAA While Writing About Sex? “As luck would have it, a pirate named Ragozine, of similar appearance to Claudio, has recently died of a fever, so his head is sent to Angelo instead.” Measure for Measure By John Smelcer, Ph.D....
Nick Kolumban ** “inside a Yankee coat…” by Paul Sohar Contributing Writer There was a poetry reading in New Brunswick last June 14th to celebrate what would have been Nick Kolumban’s 78th birthday. Anne, his widow, was there,...
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