Alicia Ostriker

Kenneth Ryan

Gary Corseri

Timothy Liu

Claudia Grinnell

Craig Chisholm

Diane Wakoski

Helplessness

stooped over broken
wooden pews

late at night

defeated faces
search for any sign of light
from silent stained glass

Def: helplessness (n)

a fish turning itself over on shore

a parent slumped in a chair
in a still white room, silent
but for the beating of a heart

aphasia induced by your
seraphic eyes

Craig Chisholm has been published in several small publications and will have completed his first book of poetry, tentatively titled Possibility of Movement, by the end of the year. He lived in Cambridge, MA for several years and now frequently lives in a warehouse in Brooklyn. He drinks coffee and welcomes your comments: cjoychishom@gmail.com.

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