Jan 25, 2019Magic for MigrainesKRISTINE ESSER SLENTZ is originally from northwest Indiana and the Chicagoland area, or what’s lovingly called “The Region.” Kristine is...
Jan 24, 2019Mathematical Anguish & Other PoemsMathematical Anguish At the end here’s subtractive serendipity, the morning stars dissolve like fading perfume splashes in your yawn,...
Dec 31, 2018QuietusQuietus Airborne leaves, twigs and branches buffeted my car. Rain and hailstones lashed my screen splashed curses, You’ll fail, you’ll...
Dec 14, 2018In The Trenches & We are Peterloo NowIn The Trenches tripping over wires laid on the ground for us to trap our feet among small potholes filled with ugly little creatures...
Dec 8, 2018Songs for an Autistic Boy & Other PoemsSongs For An Autistic Boy November 2014 You burned your infant sister’s face with boiling water. Did you ever like the color red and its...
Dec 4, 2018A Victorian Dollhousing Ceremony #8: A Question of SizeA Question of Size All my life I’ve been running into people who declare, “Magic makes the world a bigger place” as if conjuring greasy...
Nov 30, 2018Torn Up TonsilmouthTorn Up Tonsilmouth we’re both so unhappy we’re all so strange the flashing light of passing cars is, tonight, a lure and,...
Nov 26, 2018A Victorian Dollhousing Ceremony #5: When We First MetWhen We First Met she was a brilliant light that could effortlessly defeat all-consuming darkness I cocooned myself in, did not know ...
Nov 24, 2018A Victorian Dollhousing Ceremony #4:Pirouette His hands moved me like strings attached to a marionette deftly, as I danced for him my body lifted to each movement of...
Nov 22, 2018"Go Outside and Play" & "Tea Time"go outside and play turned into locked doors and space away from yelling at one another. mama looks out the front window. nods as she...