In the first days of the pandemic, those being when we were told by channels on high that we could …
Editorial | On Grandpas with a Past, by Hokis
I forgave the man who raped me, the day before he carefully screwed a plate into my aged father’s tibia. …
Black Never Dies
She was in the mirror.She was smiling when I wasn’t.She had three arms in total.The third was a stolen giftThat …
You Have Always Lived In The Castle
You scrub tile vinyl floors. Prepare the king’s libations. He will mark down yours, the cost of hydration, sugar, bonnets …
Rx Poetry | Haiku for Crisis & Hope, by Susan J. Farese
Flowers bloom, sun shines Atypical Spring Season- Global pandemic! Nomenclature now- Ventilators! PPE! Covid-19 deaths! Position 6 feet away Wipe-out …
Rx Poetry | The View from the Isolated Window, by Maisha Mustanzir
Hmmmmmmmmmmm One leg to the side One leg half folded onto my other My head propped up on the pillows …
Rx Poetry | Nevertheless, by Rommy Cortez-Driks
Dear descendant, Right now your ancestress is reminded of the time she was warned about a super storm bearing down. …
Rx Poetry | Corona Change, Noah Winslow
April’s right ear ringing routine plagues me like a planet wide panic attack on a timeframe and scale we …
Rx Poetry | Radio Spring NYC 2020, by Heather Lee Rogers
While empty subway cars run all night long we are eight million lonely transistor radios sending sad sound-waves to …
Rx Poetry | Waiting Ghazal, Dianne Silvestri
I sigh for the call to end stay-in-place, to lift the quarantine become quotidian, buoyed by a wave as my neighbor …
Rx Poetry | A Song Amid Covid-19, by Sandra Fees
Each day is a god. ~ Annie Dillard. Each day, another chance to lay bare the sacred. Just yesterday magnolia’s saucers …
