Archive | June, 2010
No Words That Use The Letter e Contest
We recently asked poets to craft for us a poem (minimum 20 lines) without using the letter e. Why? That’s a good question that we’re not prepared to answer. There were so many poets with nothing better to do than craft fantastic e-less contest entries. Michelle Luelo’s exquisite use of loopholes in our contest rules wins her the top […]
American Myths Die Hard
What? What did you just say? Oh, you have a god too? A different one than mine? Well, that kinda complicates things, doesn’t it? Cuz I’ve known since I was an itty-bitty child that mine is the only god. What’s that? They told you the same thing too? Well, clearly they lied to you. Cuz […]
The Boy Who Didn’t
The boy who was in band. Who play the drums, who decide to skip band that day. Who walk to Walmart. Who lose his jacket on the way back to school, who throw a water balloon at a girl. Which was pretty stupid because he like the girl, but the balloon decide to go its […]
Revisionist History Is Fun: Part II
The Man in 12E
He was last on the plane, The middle-aged man. With his orange madras shirt and his fake, sprayed-on tan. The hair on his head — What little he had — Was greased to his scalp And really looked bad. He gnawed on his gum Like a cud-chewing cow And clomped up the aisle Like horses […]
So Says Gunnar: A Love Story
Peter stormed out of the bistro. Pam, her face wrought with distress, followed. “Cheating whore,” muttered Peter to himself. “Wait up, Peter,” said Pam, hurrying to close the distance between them. “Why the hell should I?” “Because you’re on fire!” Indeed he was. The hem of Peter’s coat was smouldering. It was a slow burn. […]
