BIRDSONG IN THE DARK
by Michael FitzGerald
Follow me, c'mon, hurry
I can hear them slapping...
Umbrella
by Charles Levenstein
Yesterday they carried a flowered parasol,
today a great black umbrella...
CHILDREN PLAY
by Durlabh Singh
The children play in the sunshine
In a nascent dawn born of baited bliss...
Confession Of A Pedophile Priest
by Doug Tanoury
"Forgive me Father for I have sinned"
And broken the sanctity of holy vows...
Fourteen
by Michael Ladanyi
he laid in the lawn chair for three days
wondering how many pills it takes...
The Candle Flame
by Danny P. Barbare
Dressed in orange,
She dances on the table...
Talk to Me
by Farida Mihoub
Talk to me while I am sleeping.
Tell me that you are thinking of me...
Thunder In My Way
by Joel vance Ladanyi
Always there beyond the reach of hands, roaring loudly.
Portraying power over...
a lover's plea
by Bobby
if a thought, today...
has not been of me...
Two
by Ward Kelley
There was sand at our feet the day we considered
floating off on the brown river. You thought to...
THE SCHOOLYARD TREE
by J.D.Heskin
A lot of old boys have climbed that tree--
that tree, the one aloof from the others...
