Poetry

"...make the smile of the kingdom of heaven stun the garden of the world..."

"...a wasp stuck its triangular head out..."

"...to descend the fathoms now made shining canyons..."

"...cold plates know there is a grave problem..."

"...under the blows a drum machine..."

"...my tangle of vines, grounding me in reality..."

"...there was a stranger in the blue sea..."

Where, indeed?

Vicki Iorio is the author of "Poems from the Dirty Couch," Local Gems Press and the chapbooks "Send Me a Letter," dancinggirlpress and "Something Fishy," Finishing Line Press.

Bruce McRae, a Canadian musician, is a multiple Pushcart nominee with over 1,400 poems published internationally in magazines such as Poetry, Rattle and the North American Review.

"...have to be the new modern fractured man..."

"...In the garden outside the sky..."

"...and sweet cricket song..."

"...if no one ever hears them, do the screams even count?"

"...It's hale and hearty for the mind..."

TS Hidalgo's works have been published in magazines in the USA, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Germany, UK, France, Spain, Turkey, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, India, Singapore and Australia.

"...sitting upon plastic, lawn chairs..."

"...Burn the candle at both ends and maybe burn a little something extra too..."

"...the choreographed cornered escape..."

"...Dubya had his soulless mocking smirk..."

"...contemplating the jagged edge of an ancient life..."

"...Dishonesty breeds uncertainty..."

Metalhead, Misfit, walking this earth for two decades now. Dedicating my life to turn my mess into a masterpiece, and one way I see fit for it, is writing my heart out. I believe art is not just about reflecting the society, but also about carrying the viewer, reader, or to places unknown, at times an abyss and at times, a mirror.

"...the essence of expression..."

"...Where is the tooth fairy in all of this?..."

"...I shall have the heavy expectations..."

"...Dons goggles and gloves for triple degree overtime..."

"...the writhing, wailing, whining, flesh- aggrieved, chicken carcass..."

"...I never knew I had..."

"...That dehumanizes and destroys decency..."