Categoría: Poetry Bookshelf
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«Sand In My Eyes» (poetry by Francisco Bravo Cabrera)
SAND IN MY EYES A house by the sea, an Andalusian pony on wet sand, my mother splashing warm water. The border collie panting a smile. High on the cliff, a ledge cut from rock where the horizon held still. Later, the Pyrenees— a dark scrub of boar and oak,…
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«SOMEBODY» (poetry by Bodo Vespaciano/OCS Valencia)
SOMEBODY We learned hardnessbefore we learned to be held.Carried our hearts like contrabandunder work shirts,pressed against the bullet.At night, the city lit its yellow rows of glass,silent and accusatory.A woman scrubs copper rustfrom a child’s knuckles.A man sleeps on his stomachto anchor the empty mattress.Forget love as an answer—it is…
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«Two Highballs» (poetry by FBC)
TWO HIGHBALLS Two highballs at the tepee barsuspended over hungry halibutsand starfish.Names and dates,and dollar bills on rotting wood,around an image of Popeyegiving us the finger.Playing “she loves me, she loves me not”with the water spots on empty glasses,she then wipes the counter with a humid towel. Empty glass,signal for…
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«Black Foam» A Poem by Francisco Bravo Cabrera
BLACK FOAM Stones rose from the sea,pitted and carved with fossils. We floated to shore.Sand burned our feet.We shook off the water.The light scavenged our skin. The broken ceiling still held the chandelier,crystals chiming.Pieces of a martini glass on the floor,one shard etched with our initials Black foam surrounds rocksand…
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Book Review by Gary Gautier (editor Francisco Bravo Cabrera)
Mendoza’s Mythic Vision (625 words) Paxtle. A river in central Mexico. An ecosystem. Or in Paulina Mendoza’s small book of that title, an extended, semi-narrative prose poem with a sonnet-sized paragraph per page for effortless flow. Or better yet, a non-linear mythological vision. Habitar y caudal (inhabit and flow). The form alone…
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«The Man in The Mirror Was Lying» A Poem by Francisco Bravo Cabrera
THE MAN IN THE MIRROR WAS LYING I learned to smile before I learned to tell the truth. I am very good at it: the small theatre of the mouth. I lift my hand in strategic farewells, while I hide my heart somewhere behind the black curtain. Even my shadow…
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«The Rain» a poem by Francisco Bravo Cabrera
THE RAIN The sky is empty, can’t call it blue. The horizon is serrated, and every morning the sun comes up like it has something to prove. The fields remember water filling the cracks. Rust colours fences and grass. A tractor coughing itself awake before birds decide whether it’s worth…
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Featuring “Butchers (Vampire Series of Extreme Horror)” by Todd Sullivan
Kidnapped, turned, and locked away in a concrete basement, high school student Sey-Mi is taught the ways of the damned. Her captors, beautiful and malignant, cruel and insane, torture her until she pledges allegiance to the Gwanlyo, a secret organization of vampires now obsessed with bringing her into their ranks.…
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«Ascension» by Francisco Bravo Cabrera
ASCENSION pour me another oneas tall as you cancongratulationsto the comics on broadwaythey don’t make me laughselling used cars at three amscrubbing wrinklesbullets ripping through dreamer fleshshaved underarmsfouled underwearhow does one modernise a crucifixiondrinking microplasticsi’ll have another gin tonicmove aside caricatureit’s coltrane’sascension in my eartonight (Valencia, 28 JUN 2026, Francisco…
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I Smell Sheep Interviews Todd Sullivan
Fantasy Author Todd Sullivan: So is being a writer fulfilling? So is it fulfilling?This is the question all writers have to ask themselves as they struggle to get their voices heard. When you’re a child, you dream of being an author before understanding what it is to be an adult.…
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Featuring “it’s not what you think” by John Yamrus
Author’s Thoughts It’s Saturday here in Sinking Spring, and I’ve got yet another book coming out. I’ve been on a bit of a roll lately, with this being my 6th new book in the last 2 years and my (good God, I can’t believe it) 46th since the first one…
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Two Poems by Pat Alderman (editor Francisco Bravo Cabrera)
A POEM FOR THE THIRD OF JULY ‘Twas the Night before the Fourthand all through the White HouseTrump was raving on Truth SocialMuch louder than a MouseThat it was his way of the highwayNo detours in siteHe was forever electedStarting that nightHow did your democracyGet into this bindYou had to…
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The Korean Times Writes About Todd Sullivan and Samjoko Magazine
Samjoko was created by Todd Sullivan, an American who has lived in Korea for about 13 years. The concept of Samjoko Magazine has its origins in a Mok-dong academy where Sullivan taught writing several years ago. “I wanted to create a small journal where the students would be able to…
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«Two Highballs» (Francisco Bravo Cabrera)
TWO HIGHBALLS two highballsand dinnerat the asylum’swhiskey barripping daisieson the linoleumthe night nurse saysshe loves mewhile autumncarves into my youthi will savea song for youfor whom i oncescuttled my shipsrefresh my glassthere’s no applausethe bar is emptythe bandforgot the music Valencia, 27/06/2026, Francisco Bravo Cabrera
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“Almost Face to Face,” a Play by Stephen House
Written during an Australia Council Irish literature residency, Almost Face to Face takes a risky journey into a hidden Dublin world as it plunges into an off-beat artist’s process, his unusual wandering life, and the bizarre characters that share his world. Moving, brutal, dark, and funny, this poetic work about…
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Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub Reviews “Blood Stew” by Todd Sullivan
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