Author Archives: jc-abboud

By Katie Kapugi  …and I forget again how precious- quick it ends
 how everything meant so much… our slowly sagging skin your crow-feet wrinkles one last sun-kissed cloud. Regret is just something I don’t do until I remember what I … Continue reading →

By Mike Beasley  Up stepped she and paid her fee, Thrusting with studied gravity Each carping coin into the fare box mouth. Ignoring other vacant seats, She chose the one in front of mine, The back of which I had … Continue reading →

By Mike Beasley  “Take Cover!” She bleats like a shrill recorder. The second grade class turns giddy with disorder, Tumbles from chairs, drops down to its knees, And crawls under desks with no hint of unease. The percussion of pencils … Continue reading →

By Mervis Miller  Where is the Black Man? SHhh… I was in the Motherland of Africa, running gaily and free;Loving, Living, and Hunting, just being me. And then The Stranger came and befriended me. He took me under the cloak of … Continue reading →