let him burn the house down
Category: general fiction
Come here by John Holland
And let the dance begin
Broken Wings by John Holland
This world is hard and heavy. Most often darkness rules; but in the sunlight somewhere sings every bird with broken wings. Broken Wings is part of an… Read more “Broken Wings by John Holland”
If I Only Could by John Holland
Time . . . every now and then take out a pinch and breathe it in real slow.
Abuse by John Holland
She trembles inside the silence of flesh vaults.
Any Town by John Holland
… tanned legs so beautiful they make your heart ache.
In This Season, by Richard Spilman
The snake splits open, unpeeling its old self against an exposed root.
Anniversary, by Richard Spilman
Our love . . . an age freckled map.
ICE STORM, by Richard Spilman
Trees like old men, bent with the burden of their bones.
Lobsters, by Richard Spilman
He clung to the edge, he beat the sides. What a terrible clanging!