Eldred wrapped his trunk around the horse’s ribs and slammed it to the ground again. “Until I can’t no more, me!” Eldred trumpeted, ruffling the horse’s mane with the breeze. Bending a forelimb back, Eldred proceeded to kick the prone horse in the chest. Lidia the mouse winced as something inside the horse made a cracking sound. The horse was Read More
Tag: wordplay
Should
by Peggy Landsman begins by saying “Sh,”trying to hide the factthat it’s loud. Then all its letters all together,but very indirectly,shout “Hold us!” We must put our shouldersto the wheel,make the world as warm and as lovingas we believe it should be. Peggy Landsman is the author of a poetry chapbook, To-wit To-woo (Foothills Publishing). Her work has been published Read More
The Armadillo
by Jerry K. Robbins Of all creatures the armadillo is most fineIt is one part turtle one part porcupineChasing bugs with an anteater snoutStubby legs to waddle about Known to speak French with savoir faireAlso a sense of humor rareA preference for puns and plays on wordsFits in comfortably with computer nerds So, when my friends ask me,“Ever had one Read More
fragmented no. 8
by DAH 1. … from now on, a reshuffling of diction,word-acrobatics, perspectives gleaming withnew realities: somebody built an orange treeagainst the other things around it, to feaston boiled eggs in the cold hand of a plate,the convulsions of the world can only goso far: it’s a matter of course … … regression is a retelling of history, mind-formsthat are slipping: Read More
This Time, It’s a Bomb
by Caleb Echterling At a Greek war council, Odysseus laid out his strategy to end Trojan War 2: Electric Boogaloo. The Greek army would construct a giant wooden steer, and pack it full of explosives. They would roll the steer to the gates of Troy, where the Trojans would see it as a peace offering and take the statue inside Read More
The Pluralist’s Dry Outer Ear
by Colin James Discipline is a line of taut bums, soliloquies for the seated. Conformation has arrived. The cart driver will be waiting at the train station gate. It is a short journey to the castle. You are expected. Introduce yourself generally. Delve into the claret. The youngest daughter may wake you in your twin bed as you sheepishly sleep Read More