Two Poems by Ali Znaidi
The Restoration of Psyche The psyche is architecture, & architecture sometimes mutinies against the rules. Hermeneutics is there to explain such a disorder. Now, my psyche is burnt, & burnt [...]
Poem by Michael D. Grover
-379- (Wayne Shorter Blues #2) Shorter out there Like Miles out there In space All over the place, Exploring Like searching for a new land A pure land Shorter out there [...]
Poem by Valerie Loveland
I Haven’t Worn Pants Since 2001 Thanks to the womens’ bike designer, my skirt retains its draped shape. My legs: bundled as a bunch, not wrapped individually. Even my bathing suit [...]
Poem by David P. Miller
Double Concerto Do your best to conceal yourself in the handicapped stall end of the row off come the pants and long underwear the second pair of socks then pants back [...]
Poem by Jamila Ouriour
Tired of the dance I pack all my things My purse My identity card A few cases of some frozen times, and I spit times I hate; novels and stories [...]
3TV Presents: Four Poems by Phillip Larrea
War for the Wednesday Night Time Slot Gin up a war I can watch on TV. Chinese trade skirmishes just don’t grab me. Got all the Mickey Mouse [...]
3TV Presents A Poem by Toni Bee
In Minutes of Twilight The sun cannot turn the purple clouds to pink yet I ponder bout my day Good,bad, perplexed I can’t bet This the type of [...]
Valentine’s Day Massacre Presents: Susan Deer Cloud
And Susan Deer Cloud closes out Valentine's Day Massacre week at Oddball Magazine. Love triumphed over Massacre amongst poets! Who knew??? Thanks to all for reading. Brings Red Roses Not [...]
Valentine’s Day Massacre Presents: Three Poems by Howie Good
Even if we count the three poems below as a single entry, it's clear that Love is the dominant theme of the week rather than Massacre. Fight's over, but stay tuned [...]
Valentine’s Day Massacre Presents: Mary Ann Honaker
Our second Valentine's Day Massacre entry for today. Mary Ann Honaker's piece below, we argue counts more in the massacre category, making it 4-2 with love still in the lead (though [...]
Valentine’s Day Massacre Presents: Martin Willitts Jr
Love continues to prevail with our first themed poem of the day from Martin. The score is now 4-1 with love leading comfortably. Not Exactly Sleight-Of-Hand Sometimes, I trace the [...]
Valentine’s Day Massacre Presents: Nate Maxon
Another Entry Oddball's Theme for the week. We are counting this as a love poem (even though one or two editors if the kind of hook-up suggested in the title is [...]
Valentine’s Day Massacre Presents: Matt Hopewell
Our special Valentines Love vs. Hate week is on a roll today with Matt Hopewell presenting a them which combines both love and massacre. Let's call it 2-1 with love in [...]
Two Poems by Jake St. John
Jewett City Gangster he walks down Main St in a black pinstriped suit the kind Dillinger might have worn the night he was gunned down but it now appears after years [...]
Poem by José Gouveia
Last Rites They don’t call it that any more, Now it’s the Sacrament of the Sick – Which is kind of like Walpole State High-security prison changing its name To [...]
Roses and Violets, or Roughhouse and Violence? Valentine’s Day Massacre at Oddball Next Week
As part of our continuing experiments at being timely, Oddball Magazine is welcoming submissions themed to our Valentine's Day Massacre themed week. Decide on love and/or war and send us your [...]
Poem by Erin Reardon
Female or Artery This is a silvery lining for a silvery moon Pussy, guts, flames and games Futility bears no fruit, no flowers Hard-pressed in a photo album of elapsed [...]
2 Poems by Dan Provost
10 Degrees on Main South Welfare mother bundles up her six kids-readying them to taste the brutish wind that blows the fallen snow over steps of harsh booze and drug addictions. [...]
Poem by Susan Deer Cloud
When It Snows Women Hold Quieter Times in Their Hands Ice gardenias swirl from sky dark as Lady Day’s hair, no sound. Snow petals touch to earth, touch after touch, [...]
Two Poems by Lee Varon
Thanksgiving This Thanksgiving you’re sober. Your words aren’t slurred, eyes aren’t bloodshot; you and your sister tease me about my driving. Slowly, I reach our destination. Out past Holyoke, Lee, Hudson, [...]
Poem by C.C. Arshagra
© 2013 Allison Goldin Kissing you Hear as my silence is (PART III) You can understand the spiritual physics of laughter's sensuality Relieved as the evaporation of need or [...]
Poem by C.C. Arshagra
© 2013 Allison Goldin Kissing you Hear as my silence is (PART II) You are being now You find you are returned by the touch of air You can [...]
Letters to Maharaj Ji: #1 by C.S. Smith
What do saints think about sorrow? Sorrow in its sincerity And its comfort Sorrow that brings me closer to God What do they think about pain? Pain and its escape The [...]