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Spring 2008

Poetry

VanBuren's picks:

Antonia Clark
Brad Johnson
Dale McLain
Roger Pfingston
Richard Rippon

John Anderson
Cristina Baptista
Cynthia Brackett-Vincent
Michael Brownstein
Nuala Ní Chonchúir
Alison Eastley
Brent Fisk
David Fraser
Krikor der Hohannesian
Amy MacLennan
Lisa Markowitz
Damon McLaughlin
Micki Myers
Roger Pfingston
Heather Schimel
Rachel Stewart
Lafayette Wattles

Flash Fiction

On Debunking Modern Art

Alex Nodopaka

Pushcart Nominees

Editors

Jennifer VanBuren
Jai Britton
Patrick Carrington

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Richard Lighthouse

filling the hole

with the noisy chaos of work
crews and a backhoe,
they've dug a hole in the street.
so i fill it with remnants of life,

one shovel at a time.
dream fragments,
discarded selves,
emptying the mind's closet.

neighbors gather to watch.
orange pylons & yellow
tape marking caution. kids offer
a wagon to help with the hole.

while psychic dumping, my anxiety naps,
falling off the couch.
the hole sinks and expectation rises.
my mental junkyard becomes a memorial.

now everyone wants a hole.

Bio: Richard Lighthouse is a contemporary writer and poet. He is a corporate executive and has traveled all over the world. He is also an engineer, artist, pilot, teacher, & musician. He holds an M.S. from Stanford University.

His work has been published in: West Hills Review: A Walt Whitman Journal, New York; Red Cedar Review, Michigan State University; Mudfish, New York; and many others worldwide.