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Thoughts without words by Mike Zimmerman

Thoughts without words by Mike Zimmerman

My grandfather began to cry

at Thanksgiving dinner when

my grandmother asked him,

“You remember how we met?”

He cried. They don’t know why. Continue reading Thoughts without words by Mike Zimmerman

Posted on July 13, 2017Author 8westpressgabeCategories creative writing, poetry, Uncategorized
Keep Breathing by David Rodriguez

Keep Breathing by David Rodriguez

Keep Breathing

When I breathe, I know, open-mouthed,
I allow my ribs to pull up and out,
tensed as the frame drum’s spitting beat,
air pressure lowering so I become
a bubblegum-colored slide into the alveoli.
  Continue reading Keep Breathing by David Rodriguez

Posted on July 5, 2017Author 8westpressgabeCategories creative writing, poetry, Uncategorized
Expiration by Naushena

Expiration by Naushena

Expiration

A leaf- a brown leaf
Dangled on a brown tree,
Shaken by the blowing wind Continue reading Expiration by Naushena

Posted on June 29, 2017Author 8westpressgabeCategories creative writing, poetryTags Ecopoetics, Embers, Fire
Two Prose Poems by Daniel Romo

Two Prose Poems by Daniel Romo

Stomping Ground

Each step is a lesson in reverse. A nostalgic walk caught between moving forward and revisiting hurt. This is high school; everything is a matter of mattering. Continue reading Two Prose Poems by Daniel Romo

Posted on June 27, 2017Author 8westpressgabeCategories creative writing, poetry
My New Neighbors by Christoph Keller

My New Neighbors by Christoph Keller

My New Neighbors

Jack doesn’t live in his house anymore. John, who now lives there, told me that. It’s a corporate decision, he said. John barely knows me but insists on being friends. He brings an expensive bottle of wine and hugs me. This is too fast for me. Continue reading My New Neighbors by Christoph Keller

Posted on June 20, 2017Author 8westpressgabeCategories artwork, creative writing, poetry
My Mother’s Photograph by Cheryl Heineman

My Mother’s Photograph by Cheryl Heineman

My Mother’s Photograph 

My mother kept her cup of gin nearby.
She had sex in the afternoon. Habit kept
order, swept the floors, ironed the pillowcases,
kept the light on and made her death little by little.
Continue reading My Mother’s Photograph by Cheryl Heineman

Posted on June 14, 2017Author 8westpressgabeCategories creative writing, poetry, UncategorizedTags creative writing, poetry, reflections
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