The Day I Stopped Writing Poetry for the Nth Time by Howie Good

Tantalizing illusions designed to keep us
toiling have dwindled to a tattered few.

A local fishing trawler was only now coming
into harbor with the morning catch. It was

painted blue, the paint chipped and peeling,
but the name Lauren was fussily lettered

in white across the bow. The gulls hovering
over the boat sounded on the verge of hysteria.

Their shrieks contained urgency, alarm, an element
of pleading. Hell is when no one believes your cries.



Howie Good is a professor emeritus at SUNY New Paltz whose newest poetry book, The Dark, is available from Sacred Parasite, which will also publish his book, Akimbo, in 2025.

heads held low by Corey D. Cook

My eighth chapbook, heads held low, was published by Bottlecap Press yesterday and is now available for purchase on their website. See the link below... This collection contains 24 haiku and senryu. I hope you will consider ordering a copy. Your support would mean a great deal to me and this small / independent press.

heads held low by Corey D. Cook