Categoría: little chews
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“The Long Road Home” by Alice Baburek
The expensive liquor no longer burned his throat. The bitter taste from the pills dissipated. His grainy eyes no longer wept. His mind clouded with images of his late wife, Robin, who, before she had reached her end, no longer recognized his face. He then knew the impossibility of living…
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“AI: THE PATHWAY TO APATHETIC INDIFFERENCE” by Carl Bernard Schwartz
It started out simple and easy. I placed an online order for 4 items, paid for them, and was told I would receive free, same-day delivery. Oh, how nice that would be! Later that same day, I received an email saying my order was delivered. That message included a photo, as if that was…
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“Kitchen Concerns” by Peter Lingard
I missed the start of an interview on ABC’s News Breakfast. Two strange-looking scientist types had started explaining their theory of some disaster heading our way. “It’s coming,” the bespectacled, cadaver-like female guest explained to the host. “Something frightful, like a kitchen dragging a village behind it.” Her companion, a…
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“she put one hand” by John Yamrus
she put one hand ontop ofthe otherand pulledthe skin smooth andlooked at me and said: i used to be young once…i used to beyoung.
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5 Poems by Yongbo Ma
Various Metaphors for Candles First, we must discard the metaphors of Eastern poets—such as “tears drying only when the candle melts to ash.”Just as your poem uses only “wax” without “tears,”though I had to translate it as candle tears.For such smuggled, covert metaphorI carry an unspeakable awkwardness,as someone who holds…
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“Death in the Family” by Carl Bernard Schwartz
Lost my wife of 40 years 10/07/2023. The house itselfremembers her steps and utterances, and visceral commentsresponding to talk on TV. I still think I hear her unsteady walk in thekitchen. She calls to me, I summon an answer, and it gets caught in mythroat.
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“Anger and violence” by Alissa Brown
I’m waiting in an enormous queue at the grocery shop, and my patience starts to wear thin. There’s an old man in front of me who smells like rotten eggs, and another one behind me who can’t keep a decent distance from me. I’m getting angry now because the sales…
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Video 15 “a butterfly on my skin, Book 2” by Christina Chin and M. R. Defibaugh
“a butterfly on my skin, Book 2,” is free to download. Here’s the link to the chapbook, which includes an intro and wonderful review by a prominent President of the British Haiku Society and a Japanese shortforms editor, Jerome Berglund. https://ko-fi.com/s/2346b3af9c
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“he smelled” by John Yamrus
he smelled likerotten fruit,but he was interesting, andshe neverknew what hewas gonna do next andthat was morethan a little bit cool. her dadalways told herto add up the goodand the bad about a person, and Tonywas good with the kidand he never drank that much oreverraised a handand when she…
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“all old men” by John Yamrus
all old men beginat the beginning. hiswas no moredifferent or special thanany other, but,it was his andhe carried itwith him for the rest of his days.
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“reading Proust” by John Yamrus
reading Proust forthe umpteenth time, icame acrossthe word buttercup and,like thatfamous madeleine cookie inthe beginningof that long and wonderfullydifficult book, i thoughtback to a timewhen me and my sister used to walkinto the woods behind our house andpick theselittle yellow flowers, andshe taught mehow to hold them underher chinwhere i…
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“Another Life” by Alice Baburek
The meeting was long and tiresome. He fidgeted in the high-backed, leather chair. His mind wandered away—far away from his family obligations and this stinking place—to a place where the warm sun glistened each day on the rolling waves along the sandy shore. “…and I know everyone is waiting patiently…
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A List Poem, and 2 Observation Poems by Carl Bernard Schwartz
AFFORDABILITY Sometimes it seems as if thebads are more durable than the goodslike getting permanent perforations in stockings,or a motor vehicle that is a lemon,or a new house built on an old landfill,or earning a degree in a subject now obsolete,or choosing which family member doesn’t get fedthis month so…
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Video 14 “a butterfly on my skin, Book 2” by Christina Chin and M. R. Defibaugh
“a butterfly on my skin, Book 2,” is free to download. Here’s the link to the chapbook, which includes an intro and wonderful review by a prominent President of the British Haiku Society and a Japanese shortforms editor, Jerome Berglund. https://ko-fi.com/s/2346b3af9c
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“everything” by John Yamrus
they knewabout Billy D –no, not that Billy Dee – but,Billy Dewalt,the Billy who livedout on Old Cabin Road – everythingthey knew about him was true, exceptfor maybehis story aboutthat pork pie hat of his andwhere it came from. nobodyin their right mindbelieved he got it from Lester Young, becauseLester…
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5 Poems by Mykyta Ryzhykh
in the world this winter has brought nothing but snowand old bones under eternal now GOD IS YESTERDAY’S ANT SUICIDE aluminum birds are indignantmilk cast iron birds are indignantbelts birds are indignant returning after winter hometo the cemetery what awaits the stone after silencewhy does the stone expect something after…
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