“Black Angus, Winter” by Scott Edward Anderson 22 Aug 2013 | 12:38 am

I. The angus rap their noses on the ice— fat, gentle fists rooting water from the trough. They kick up clods of dirt as a madrigal of shudders ripples their hides. II. The barn needs pain...

Blade Runner as an 8-Bit Video Game, Because, Why Not? 20 Aug 2013 | 06:23 pm

“Homosexuality” by Henri Cole 19 Aug 2013 | 11:03 pm

First I saw the round bill, like a bud; then the sooty crested head, with avernal eyes flickering, distressed, then the peculiar long neck wrapping and unwrapping itself, like pity or love, when I...

“Don’t Look Down!”: The Bridge on the Island of Russkiy 19 Aug 2013 | 09:25 pm

“Summer Holiday” by Robinson Jeffers 15 Aug 2013 | 10:44 pm

When the sun shouts and people abound One thinks there were the ages of stone and the age of bronze And the iron age; iron the unstable metal; Steel made of iron, unstable as his mother; the towere...

“In the Mushroom Summer” by David Mason 14 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm

Colorado turns Kyoto in a shower, mist in the pines so thick the crows delight (or seem to), winging in obscurity. The ineffectual panic of a squirrel who chattered at my passing gave me pause to...

“The Adrenaline Is the Problem”: Chess Boxing! 14 Aug 2013 | 06:48 pm

You’ve got to be tough AND smart to be in this kind of sport as a match can be won in the ring, on the board, or by a combination of points awarded for both areas. Originally created in 1992 the comi...

Listen to Ernest Hilbert’s Elegies & Laments on Spotify 10 Aug 2013 | 06:35 pm

Check out Ernest Hilbert’s spoken word album Elegies & Laments on Spotify or any other streaming service. If you have a Spotify account click below to go straight to the album to listen. “Am...

“Advice to a Prophet” by Richard Wilbur 10 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm

When you come, as you soon must, to the streets of our city, Mad-eyed from stating the obvious, Not proclaiming our fall but begging us In God’s name to have self-pity, Spare us all word of the we...

“Thank God for the Sinners” by Ty Segall 8 Aug 2013 | 06:12 pm