poems by Justin Hyde

Poems by Aimee Delong

Cat, Poem, & Notes (poetry & fiction)
by Ralph-Micheal Chiaia

Artwork by Bruce New

Charlie Parker's Garden (poetry) by Puma Perl

Red Mama (artwork/poetry) by Moctezuma Johnson

The Mob (poetry) by Doug Draime

Willie Lepers (music video) by Norman Ball

1 out of 6 by by Rob Plath

The Recipe by Emme Hor

Sometimes Suicidal by Aimee DeLong

Last Night at Southport by Justin Hyde

microwave popcorn haiku by Pete Lee

 

the little things

i see her little gold heels i once founds sexy
next to the litter box
littered with little turds

her voice staccato and a bit sharp
for the key of 8 pm Tuesday night
duets with the old loud air conditioner

itself a sonic boom, a drum circle
i step in. all the lights are on
sterile hospitalized anesthetized

i must be in trouble, i think
for a second. maybe she's going to
break up with me

found someone else
caught a used condom in the ash tray
saw my zero balance bank statement

but little by little i find
she's not mad about anything
just chatting lying against a pile of clean unfolded clothes

though she was home early
the double sink bursts with dishes
dinner sits raw in the fridge

cat throw up is dried on the floor.
the only thing done is the laundry
which I did earlier;

every day is a series of let downs,
burdens, and non-dramas

Biography

Ralph-Michael Chiaia is waiting at an airport in Thailand, hoping to buy a ticket and fly home. But he finds the waiting room is reserved: For Monks Only . Instead of flying home he spends the night in jail for violating a cultural no no, again.

Book Reviews:

Dancing on Thin Ice by George Anderson (review by Ralph-Michael Chiaia)

92 Rapple by Lyn Lifshin
(review by Helen Peterson)

10 Poems & Ampersands
by Ralph-Michael Chiaia
(review by David McLean)