Summa Summarum

menacing storm clouds
move across the flat plains
with no sign of stopping...
all those years that
I lived without kindness

first published in American Tanka
photo taken and copyrighted by Tabsnoopy

this man who wears
the lowest-slung jeans I've ever seen
asks me to dance
I'd rather he tell me the name
of his personal waxer

first published in American Tanka

Magnapoets Print Subscription Information Update

                                                    

To those of you who were thinking of sending in a subscription for Magnapoets Print - don't! At least not yet. I told you I would get the cost down, and I did! :) I am pleased to announce that the price will be slashed in at least half shortly, so stay tuned until I have specific details. :)

For those of you who have already sent subscriptions in - thank you. I can either reimburse you the difference, increase your subscription for two years, or send you the equivalent amount in copies. Send me an email to let me know your preferences.

Thanks to all of you for your support and the generous feedback. Poets and poetry lovers are the best! :)

minutes after
my sister's death
I enter the kitchen
the white Angel's Trumpet
open and scented

first published in Ribbons
photo taken and copyrighted by talkster2

he's in a better place
he's at peace now
but all I can think of
is the twist of his back
his mouth fighting for air

first published in Ribbons

in Korea
with a new love
for the first time
his fingers clumsy
with the chopsticks

first published in red lights
photo taken and copyrighted by dick bendele

the rumour mill churns
with whispers
of my name ---
if you’re going to gossip about me
at least make my lovers clever

first published in red lights
photo taken and copyrighted by gt jeddlah

MAGNAPOETS: Taking Over The World One Poem At A Time

Magnapoets Print, a bi-annual 8.5" x 11" print journal featuring all forms of poetry, short stories, interviews, and essays, is releasing its premiere issue at the end of this month.  In this issue, poetry from Joseph Armstead, an'ya, Kirsty Karkow, Peggy Willis Lyles, Margarita Engle, Taylor Graham, and more. Featuring an interview with former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky.

Editorial Staff:

Editor-in-Chief, Aurora Antonovic
Free Verse and Form Poetry Editor: Ursula T. Gibson
Short Stories Editor: Marie Lecrivain
Special Features Editor: David Herrle
Columnist: Nick Zegarac
Haiku and Senryu Editor: Matt Morden
Tanka Editor: Aurora Antonovic

Cover photograph, Mont Blanc, taken and copyrighted by Milorad Pavic. 

Single issues and subscriptions will be available. Information will be posted as soon as it's available.

Submissions to the June issue will open in March. Stay tuned for guidelines and updates.

Haven

I need a home for my words,
somewhere with cedar-lined drawers
to host the softest of concepts,
Cupboards for the pronouns,
lavender sachet shelves
for the metaphors and similes,
and rooms with great acoustics for all the verse
that madly rolls off your poet's tongue!

published in Muse Apprentice Guild

photo taken and copyrighted by Roger Beau

Sandalwood

 

The sweet smell of sandalwood rises
Up from your beard,
More intoxicating than any incense
I’ve ever known,
More enveloping in its subtle, pungent lure,
Calling me to come wrap myself in your arms
And lose myself in your scent.

first published in The Makata
photo taken and copyrighted by punaguy