Poem by Gia Grillo
Artwork by Stacy Esch.
Poem by Anne Whitehouse
Artwork by Stacy Esch.
Poem by Katie Lewington
Artwork by Stacy Esch.
Poem by Deeya Bhattacharya
Artwork by Stacy Esch.
Poem by David Leo Sirois
Artwork by Stacy Esch.
Poem by Ajise Vincent
Artwork by Stacy Esch.
Poem by Anne Whitehouse
Artwork by Stacy Esch.
Poem by Bruce Wise
Photography by Stacy Esch.
Poem by Aiman Abdullah
Artwork by Stacy Esch.
Poem by Kushal Poddar
Artwork by Stacy Esch.
Poetry and Photography by Stacy Esch
"We're Bound Away" © Stacy Esch Ordinary White and Everyday Wide Pieces of dreams lost in plain sight, low watt light bulbs competing with the sun, silent [...]
Poem by Mel Waldman
Dancing With a Mustang in Inner Space The soul-shattering news alert bit me in the face, cut me up, opened old wounds, and rushed into my bloodstream. I heard the [...]
Poetry and Photography by Stacy Esch
"Sycamore" © Stacy Esch Overlooked I imagine seeing Till I see what I imagine I see But I don’t see I can’t see But I can imagine [...]
Poem by Amanda Tumminaro
Fiddlesticks! I will concede she had the upper hand at first (or always), but pronounce my last name like a crackling fire or that degree is wasted. I guess I [...]
Poetry and Photograpy by Stacy Esch
"Not An Exit" © Stacy Esch This is Not An Exit Plate glass window Warns, “Not an exit.” Polite, with a calm blue dot. But really? For me [...]
Poem by Natasha Head
Satellites We are satellites Spinning dangerously Throughout this unending universe Simple stardust Caught in mason jars Shaken with poison tonic Toxic elixirs A suicide syringe Injected like homing beacons Magnetic [...]
Poem by Seth Howard
Public Bath in Seoul The money meant nothing to me I didn’t know how much it was worth Fingers fumbled through my leather wallet, when she Asked me to pay, [...]
Poem by Alice Weiss
(Kind of Blue) Feet up on the coffee table, I loosen my tie. Miles climbs hills, Jimmy Cobb whooshes cymbals, side-a-the road sounds. She comes into the living room. “It’s [...]
Oddball Magazine Parade of Poets Presents Stacy Esch
Old Saint God “Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” Al Swearengen, Deadwood But, damn, there are so many ways to make God laugh, and in that [...]
Two Poems by Chris Warner
Morning Snow I’d been looking for it all week— at dawn, not sleeping at midnight— and when I woke this morning, my imaginings were true: the moon had finally fallen, spattered [...]
Poetry and Artwork by Stacy Esch
"Candle" © Stacy Esch In My Room Soldier's home Moonless night Black Surrounded by enemy silence Machines hum like jailbirds Fixing to riot Words and images Soft melodies [...]
Poetry and Artwork by Stacy Esch
"Burnt" © Stacy Esch Burnt Offerings Returning to a place I love This view from on high Looking for the strength in beauty and truth Looking for lift-off [...]
Poetry and Artwork by Stacy Esch
"No Crisis" © Stacy Esch There Is No Crisis In the big broad morning sky there is no pie and no crisis no faith, no doubt no nihilistic [...]
Poetry and Artwork by Stacy Esch
"By The Way" © Stacy Esch Darkness of Now In another life I was walking along a sunny shaded verdant fragrant sidewalk everything in motion heels clicking, knees [...]
Poetry and Artwork by Stacy Esch
We Can’t All Die In this battle of the will My soldiers are stoic Or bored, half of them asleep It's been very quiet on the front line The blood [...]