Things and Places, Adventures and Women

  by Erik Michael Johnson, City Desk     The sin rose from the city A thick pheromone of vapor. The sweet hue of a city flashed   Giving birth to the night life. The sun finally disapeared. The aircraft opened its doors.     The stars seemed to be bored here. It looked as [...]

Dangerous & Useful

by Sarah Kulla, 2003 Reprinted by permission of the Kern Valley Transients’ Entity Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps the silver metal snaps all down her blouse were not enough to stop the truck to stop the snow to keep her going and never let her go she tried to know but what could she know it was [...]

Cactus Flower

by S. Ray, May 2003 Reprinted by permission of the Kern Valley Transients’ Entity Never having seen a lotus blossom, a cactus flower does well in its place, and wishing I was made of cactus flowers is nice for a few minutes.

Organic Details

by Sarah Kulla, High Contrast Review’s Editor of Poetry Living in the biggest city I have ever lived in, A city of almost 1,000,000 people is hard. There are less than that many in the whole state of Montana. So here, in Queretaro I am always looking for what I call Organic Details. And I [...]

Synthetic Corpse

poem and photo by Craig Muderlak, Western Editor of Transience Discarded face-down. Floating in stagnant water and forgotten Cottonwood leaves. Imbued with indifference, A memento of retarded erosion. After thirty years, Blind as this synthetic corpse in the desert I am still an eroding child. Oscillating between hindsight and foresight. Emulating an enlightened being, But [...]

Unless You Have Cats

poetry by LL Bourke, Feminist Criminologist, Cape Town Before – 2006 You said on the phone While I paced back and forth Across Samito’s evening kitchen- Your relationship was ending. I could hear the strain in your voice, The uncertainty in your certainty That occurs when we fall out of love. I want to tell [...]