The Bean Eaters by Gwendolyn Brooks They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair. Dinner is a casual affair. Plain chipware on a plain...

Self-Portrait Poem That Is Also a Study by Fabienne Josaphat I see myself in her in photos, and see her in myself. Lately it seems I see...

Planetarium by Adrienne Rich Thinking of Caroline Herschel (1750—1848) astronomer, sister of William; and others. A woman in the...

There will come soft rains (War Time) by Sara Teasdale There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling...

Crossroads by Joyce Sutphen The second half of my life will be black to the white rind of the old and fading moon. The second half of my...

Lately               by Patricia Fargnoli Sometimes, at night I venture out 
 into the roiling universe, just stand 
on the front lawn,...

Before Breasts by Carla Carlson (published in Mom Egg Review, July 2012 ) I was happy, and slept all night long. Everyone loved me. I...

The Land of Nod by Robert Louis Stevenson From breakfast on through all the day At home among my friends I stay, But every night I go...