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| Neilstha Firman |
THOROUGHFARES CADRALOR
1. Freddy Cannon’s Organ
Come gather at nightfall at New Jersey’s Palisades Park;
just follow the sounds of shrill brass whistles, cow bells,
and off-pitch fanfare from steam-powered calliopes.
2. Goodyear Theatre
Crawling through holes in cyclone fences
Ted scurried inside the abandoned tire factory
reciting Macbeth to a critical mass of machines.
3. Sidewalk Inequity
Bloated bellies rumble, parched lips remain silent
and empty eyes fixate on graffiti like holy scriptures
seek a balance between the marginalized and entitled.
4. Evading Harmony House
Leaves fall through rafters, dust silver goblets, and rest on Dossets
scattered across kitchen counters like pharmacy grail: the familiar
abandoned, my Aunt fled her home to live life in obscurity.
5. Orpheus’ Lyre
Autumn maple leaves drop and float on angry gusts
Sasquatch windchimes clang; I want angelic choirs
to mourn Carole’s death and chant solemn elegies.
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| Sterling Warner |
Washington-based author, poet, and educator Sterling Warner’s works have appeared in such magazines, journals, and anthologies as Verse-Virtual and Ekphrastic Review. Warner’s poetry/fiction includes Rags and Feathers, Without Wheels, ShadowCat, Edges, Memento Mori, Serpent’s Tooth, Flytraps: Poems, Cracks of Light: Pandemic Poetry & Fiction, Halcyon Days: Collected Fibonacci, Abraxas: Poems, Gunilla’s Garden: Poems (2025), and Masques: Flash Fiction & Short Stories. He currently writes, hosts “virtual” poetry/fiction readings, and enjoys fishing along the Hood Canal.
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