Articles by Charles Cicirella

Poem

• Words and Gore (April 4, 2016) poem unrhymed

  "...Poetry is not an autopsy so stop lifting the sheet looking for a corpse..."

• David Bowie Rain Ghosts (May 2, 2016) cover story poem unrhymed

  Will there ever be anyone remotely like him? No imitations, please...

• Energizer Bunny (September 12, 2016) poem unrhymed

  "...When to push the river and when to say Geronimo..."

• Dorian Gray (October 3, 2016) cover story poem unrhymed

  Yes, this is why we do it...

• The Music in My Head Wants To Come Out and Play (November 7, 2016) poem unrhymed

  "...a Greek chorus rolling around your brain..."

• Unfriendly (November 28, 2016) poem unrhymed

  "...misinform my best and most noble of intentions..."

• 4:11 AM (January 16, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...I've never been a fan of the lesser evil, but I'm also smart enough to know which battles..."

• Lyn #3 (February 6, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...when I stare into the mirror and the mirror closes its eyes for good..."

• Shake, Rattle and Dinner Roll (March 13, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...rings true like lemonade on a hot day..."

• Rainbow Sprinkles (April 24, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...There's infinite wonder and an eternity of spectral surprises..."

• Shogun Eyes (May 22, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...like miners we're often underground for hours at a time praying the canary will find enough fresh air to breathe..."

• Second Poem (Wink) (June 19, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...Elegant Evocative Exuberant..."

• Third Poem (Chuck Berry) (July 24, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...And laid it all down..."

• Fifth Poem (Looking Inward) (August 21, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...the heat in the kitchen became too hot to handle and everyone ceased and desisted..."

• Sixth Poem (Know Words) (September 4, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...a simple smile and an invitation to the person behind the mask..."

• Fourteenth Poem (Shovel) (October 16, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...show those good for nothings just what a real bottom feeder looks and smells like..."

• Everything's Dead (November 6, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...someday I'll put away childish things and accept the death sentence of being a grown up..."

• Point of No Return (December 4, 2017) poem unrhymed

  "...truth will not fail you nor will it take you for a ride..."

• Dueling Banjos (January 8, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...We're being led astray by a dog that cannot wag its tail and chew gum at the same time..."

• Juicy (February 12, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...it's a dangerous proposition letting one's guard down..."

• Slipping through the redacted cracks (March 5, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...like a twelve foot mako shark..."

• Stand Your Ground (April 9, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...if we don't stand our ground sooner than later we're going to lose more than just our consciences..."

• Dementia (April 23, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...I can hear the wind howling through her bones..."

• I Don't Know How To Grieve (May 28, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...Grief and I have never quite seen eye to eye..."

• Baby Doll Mask (June 18, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...Rusted Midwest soliloques..."

• Am I Alive (July 16, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...Alice called and wants her looking glass back..."

• Transformative (August 13, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...until all of the diamonds turn back into coal..."

• Modern Day Job (Wasabi Lawyer) (September 3, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...not sure I'll ever feel at peace again..."

• Getting To Know You (September 24, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...Caught sight of you in that third eye waiting room..."

• I Am a Phoenix (October 15, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...dead before room service or the maid knocks on Heaven's door..."

• Trying To Get Home (October 29, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...Struggling every day since this songbird has gone radio silent..."

• Brilliant Hues (November 5, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...You can do your best to pretend the fall of Rome is not upon us..."

• start (November 26, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...advertised next to survival manifestos for the worried sick man..."

• Book Rate (December 17, 2018) poem unrhymed

  "...inside a box marked insubstantial..."

• Some Other Realm (January 7, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...spin you a tale that will curl your toes..."

• None of Us Are Safe (February 4, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...Until we own up to our own culpability we're left exposed..."

• end (February 25, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...when I come out the other end..."

• I Like the Groaners (March 4, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...something more substantial than crow and light beer..."

• Mailroom (for Kat) (April 15, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...full of sugar and spice and everything nice..."

• Gaunt (May 13, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...musical explorations from coffee grounds and midnight oil..."

• Vertigo ONWARD - FORWARD - INFINITE (November 25, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...the only person in Cleveland who understood it's about the work and not the celebrity..."

• Monarch (December 23, 2019) poem unrhymed

  "...Unfiltered, undisguised..."

• Hey Yo (January 20, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...Pick up the sledgehammer and shatter the glass ceiling..."

• Twinsburg, Ohio (February 10, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...Just something I wanted to share with you..."

• Velvet Glove (Count the Dead to Rise) (April 27, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...write pretty poems to heal the ugliness inside and outside..."

• Mommy (May 4, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...In one split second everything changed..."

• Dark nights of the soul don't always have to be so dark (June 1, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...a journey through the Tarzan and Jane trees..."

• Circus People (June 22, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...no rose tinted lenses to obscure my view from the cheap seats..."

• Blues for Samantha (July 20, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...Overwhelmed, Over easy, Over you..."

• As is (August 17, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...Unpaved like a road in need of immediate repair..."

• Birth (December 7, 2020) poem unrhymed

  "...I knew then nothing would ever be the same..."

• Death (January 18, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...one person's boundaries are another person's poppy field..."

• Jax Muse (March 1, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "Waiting at the door of my mind for another poem..."

• Lilac 2.0 (March 22, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...signposts are everywhere..."

• Marching Orders (April 26, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...living a life outside the norm..."

• Radical Individualism (May 24, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...the words haunt me..."

• Break Free (August 23, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...I desire to break free from the chains that bind and hold me back..."

• Chrissy (September 6, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...one of the nicest human beings I've ever met..."

• Unruly Page Turner (October 4, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...Don't worry how this turns out..."

• Terry Provost (November 1, 2021) poem unrhymed

  "...the only Cleveland poet who gets what it means to be a word-man...."

• Wolfman, Oh Wolfman (March 7, 2022) poem unrhymed

  "...Resisting change is futile as the sheep slaughter themselves..."

• Stoned Moses (April 4, 2022) poem

  "...There needs to be boundaries and those boundaries must be protected..."

• It Counts for Everything (May 2, 2022) poem

  "...Your loving words count for everything..."

• Shelter (June 6, 2022) poem

  "...A covenant defying logic..."

• Holly Goddess II (July 4, 2022) poem

  "...The blood on our hands is not a metaphor..."

• The Boogeyman Is Real (March 2, 2026) poem unrhymed

  "...We’re better than this..."