April 30, 2014
by John Luke
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Sestina Every young boy has the same dream: The grass, The crack of hitting a round ball square, The epic moment Where every star-struck eye In the crowd is focused on you. But now the crowd is only The … Continue reading
April 30, 2014
by John Luke
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Sonnet Even in my dreams I still can’t hear, No pills, no drink can do the trick, The bloody beach, the salty air, They cloud my ears, soft and thick. The orders were to take the hill, But how can … Continue reading
April 30, 2014
by John Luke
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One Sentence Poem Beautiful and Hateful, Cold and fulfilling, consuming you and depleting you all at once, clouded by feelings never satisfied—with seemingly nothing to lose, the journey seems so appealing— but is it an eye for an eye, or … Continue reading
April 30, 2014
by Anna Mullen
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This sonnet was inspired by the parallel lives of an epic hero and the actor portraying him. I’m tossed in tanks for twenty takes until I’m overboard, and suction pulls me down they cut, let me dry off, and eat … Continue reading
April 29, 2014
by Anna Mullen
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Seventeen years of life under dirt cicadas collect and in quiet clicks skittering, creaking, burrowing down they mumble about the apocalypse seventeen years to gather thoughts and cooking pots, and preen their wings. Forty feet up a cluster bomb … Continue reading
April 28, 2014
by Nick Kaye
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Sonnet In this Shakespearian Sonnet, I created a narrative of an epic hero, his humble origins, and his possible regrets at the end of his journey. Born from lacking dirt and several gray hairs He tilled for greener pastures and small dreams … Continue reading
April 28, 2014
by Anna Mullen
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I wrote this poem as I became annoyed by the flat roles of female characters in many epic films I watched, where female actors have few lines and a good portion of them are just ridiculous screams. I was also inspired … Continue reading
April 27, 2014
by Nick Kaye
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Ghazal This poem addresses the unsung soldier who is caught up in the grand conflicts of an epic. I saw the evening drawn in red on the field and your dark brother left his head on the field Nations of … Continue reading
April 27, 2014
by Nick Kaye
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One Sentence Poem This poem addresses the way an epic hero acts as a singular figurehead for a nation or society–traveling to hell and back on their behalf. I am not the opiate of the people but the scream incarnate … Continue reading