Posts Tagged ‘ Poetry ’

“Menu from the Fairy Tale Restaurant,” by M. Frost

Apr 20th, 2025 | By

Appetizers

The Seven Dwarves
A classic. Dwarves are deep-fried in ale batter

Fairy Godmother Wings
Spicy and hot, request boned or boneless.



“Battle Plan,” by Andrew Urquhart

Apr 20th, 2025 | By

So, here’s my plan:
let’s fight all wars with old men now.
At the point diplomacy breaks down,
let a battlefield be agreed on,
and liberally strewn with porta-potties.



“Ode to L4,” by Karen Paul Holmes

Apr 20th, 2025 | By

You are kingpin to my comfort,
my non-back-and-leg pain, my sleep
with deep dreams.
I’m sorry, it’s only when you get out of line that I notice you.



“Banksy Mural, Bristol, England,” by Sharon M. Carter

Apr 20th, 2025 | By

The naked lover covers his groin
with his left hand, while hanging
by his right from a window sill.
Behind glass, an irate, presumed
husband searches the horizon—
a diminutive blond in bikini
underwear at the rear.



“Lament of a Fourth Grade Goth,” by Stacie Herrington

Dec 20th, 2024 | By

The classroom wall is a journal
that spurns me day after day.
These editors, I swear to God—

Please stop writing about death.
Is everything okay at home?

(How could anything be okay anywhere?)