The Literary Magazine of the Osterhout Free Library
Dinosaur Pants
William Doreski
Put on these pants, run your hands
down your thighs. Like the scales?
Wearing dinosaur pants honors
the common pool of DNA
from which all poetics derive. Continue reading “Two Poems by William Doreski”
Let Me Tell You a Story
Laurel Radzieski
It is all about six people
who fall in love,
all with each other
and at the same time. Continue reading “Laurel Radzieski”
Pyramid Paperweight
a thing poem for my younger self
Jacob Butlett
On the paperwork the paperweight’s
Your brain in a desert of fire.
Those times you find yourself in tears:
You’re not funny, you’re not smart, Continue reading “Jacob Butlett, Two Poems”
Word Fountain opens up for submissions again on Monday, September 24! We’re looking for your poems and short (preferably very short) fiction.
Just take a quick look at the following link, for our simple but important submission guidelines. Continue reading “Submissions”
Turf War
Eric Chiles
His barefoot son came in from the yard
crying with red spots across his foot.
That’s how the invasion was discovered. Continue reading “Eric Chiles, Three Poems”
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